The classification of ethnic identities (minzu) remains controversial in China. Categories established in the 1950s are still used by the state to administer mi

Elena Barabantseva looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chines

This book explores the decades-long use of the notion of interculturality in education and other fields, arguing that it is now time to move beyond certain assu

Gender, ethnicity, and nation in China, as seen through an ethnography of the changing cultural production of the Miao, a minority population.

Following significant interethnic violence beginning in 2008, Chinese intellectuals and policymakers are now engaged in unprecedented debate over the future dir