Pacific Affairs (UBC Journal) | An International Review of Asia and the Pacific

Pacific Affairs

Pacific Affairs
An international review of Asia and the Pacific Read More

Current Issue: Volume 94, No. 2 – June 2021

SPECIAL ISSUE

Suspension: Complexed Developments and Hypermobility In and From China

Guest Editor: Biao Xiang

INTRODUCTION: Suspension: Seeking Agency for Change in the Hypermobile World

INTRODUCTION: Suspension: Seeking Agency for Change in the Hypermobile World
Biao Xiang

Spaces of Suspension: Construction, Demolition, and Extension in a Beijing Migrant Neighbourhood

Spaces of Suspension: Construction, Demolition, and Extension in a Beijing Migrant Neighbourhood
Tzu-Chi Ou

Keep On Moving: Rural University Graduates as Sales Workers in South and Central China

Keep On Moving: Rural University Graduates as Sales Workers in South and Central China
Willy Sier

“Temporary Couples” among Chinese Migrant Workers in Singapore

“Temporary Couples” among Chinese Migrant Workers in Singapore
Wei Yang

“To Be a Little More Realistic”: The Ethical Labour of Suspension among Nightclub Hostesses in Southeast China

“To Be a Little More Realistic”: The Ethical Labour of Suspension among Nightclub Hostesses in Southeast China
Jiazhi Fengjiang

Chinese Workers in Ethiopia Caught Between Remaining and Returning

Chinese Workers in Ethiopia Caught Between Remaining and Returning
Miriam Driessen

Suspension 2.0: Segregated Development, Financial Speculation, and Waiting among Resettled Peasants in Urban China

Suspension 2.0: Segregated Development, Financial Speculation, and Waiting among Resettled Peasants in Urban China
Yang Zhan

Documenting China’s Garment Industry: Wang Bing’s Portrayal of Migrant Workers’ Suspended Lives within the Contract Labour System

Documenting China’s Garment Industry: Wang Bing’s Portrayal of Migrant Workers’ Suspended Lives within the Contract Labour System
Sjoukje van der Meulen

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About Pacific Affairs

Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focussing on important current political, economic, and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-45 book reviews. Published continuously since 1928 under the same name, Pacific Affairs has been located on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, since 1961. The journal is committed to providing to the scholarly community and the world at large high quality research on Asia and the Pacific that takes readers beyond the headlines and across multiple disciplines.

Publication of Pacific Affairs is generously supported by The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.

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2019 Journal Citation Report Impact Factor

Impact Factor Score: 1.171 (20 out of 77 Area Studies journals) - cites in 2019 to articles published in 2017 and 2018

5-Year Impact Factor Score: 1.120 (26 out of 77 Area Studies journals) - cites in 2019 to articles published between 2014 and 2018

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