Throughout China the formation of guanxi, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support

This book provides the first detailed analysis of a distinctive element of Chinese foreign policy, waishi, the external policies intended to influence and contr

This volume assesses the evolving role of guanxi (social networks) in China's transforming society.

To make a place is to create a location where its creators can feel they belong. Processes of place-making are still very much ongoing today. Geographers, socio