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Cultural politics of ethnic identity in Xishuangbanna, China: tea and rubber as cash crops and commodities / Sturgeon, Janet C

Sturgeon, Janet C	Journal Article
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Minorities ; China ; Rubber ; Cultural Politics ; Tea ; Xishuangbanna

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ID: 185614

For profit or patriotism? balancing the interests of the Chinese state, host country and firm in the Lao Rubber sector / Juliet Lu

Juliet Lu	Journal Article
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Chinese state firms are expected not only to profit but also to serve state interests. But the Chinese state is fragmented: border provinces are taking on an expanded role in China's global expansion and a broad range of firm activities could be defined as patriotic contributions. Through the case of Yunnan State Farms (YSF), a province-level state-owned enterprise, this article explores how state firms interpret and navigate multiple state interests while also pursuing profit. The firm's ability to profit depends on balancing the demands and support of different Chinese state actors while depicting itself as a development partner to the Lao state and a contributor to Sino-Lao diplomatic relations and border region stability. This case thus shows that, instead of YSF's behaviour being directed by the state, the firm exercises considerable latitude in defining its contributions to state interests through the expansion of rubber production as a driver of development.

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Laos ; Rubber ; SOEs ; Yunnan Province ; Chinese Investment ; Province-Level Governments ;
State – Capital Relations

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ID: 180617

Riverine bazaars, trade and chiefs in the colonial Lushai Hills / Zou, S Thangboi

Zou, S Thangboi	Journal Article
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The Lushais maintained commercial contact with the surrounding plains traders in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The British administrators recognised the importance of trade and bazaar in relation with independent Lushai chiefs and to use them as a diplomatic tool to influence the behaviour of the Lushais. The British introduced riverine bazaars in the interiors of Lushai hills to satisfy Lushais’ desire for tradable commodities; to facilitate the interests of plain merchants in a profitable rubber trade; and to provide security to their subjects within their territories. The failure on the part of the Lushai chiefs to provide security to the marketplaces and resumption of raids in the British territories paved the way for the British to directly interfere in the Lushai affairs. This paper contradicts the Romantic notion of Lushai village communities being self-supporting and isolated autarchy and the notion of self-sufficiency of ‘Indian village communities’ as propagated in the nineteenth century.

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Trade ; Rent ; Rubber ; British ; Chiefs ; Bazaar ;
Lushais

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Rubber and the energy Crisis / Economist Intelligence Unit Limited

1974

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Publication	London, Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 1974.
Description	33p
Series	Rubber Trends Specials

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Accession#	Call#	Current Location	Status	Policy	Location
013985	333.79/RUB 013985	Main	On Shelf	General