Pacific Affairs

Volume 94 – No. 2

June 2021

SPECIAL ISSUE

Suspension: Complexed Developments and Hypermobility In and From China

Guest Editor: Biao Xiang

Articles

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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Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

ASIA INSIDE OUT: Itinerant People | Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue ASIA INSIDE OUT: Itinerant People | Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue
Caren Freeman

ASIA’S REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century | By Andrew Yeo ASIA’S REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century | By Andrew Yeo
Thomas Wilkins

SMART CITIES IN ASIA: Governing Development in the Era of Hyper-Connectivity | Edited by Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan SMART CITIES IN ASIA: Governing Development in the Era of Hyper-Connectivity | Edited by Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan
Christian Dimmer

SECULARISM, DECOLONISATION, AND THE COLD WAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Clemens Six SECULARISM, DECOLONISATION, AND THE COLD WAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Clemens Six
Geoffrey C. Stewart

THIRSTY CITIES: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India | By Selina Ho THIRSTY CITIES: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India | By Selina Ho
Calvin Chen

ANTI-JAPAN: The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia | By Leo T. S. Ching ANTI-JAPAN: The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia | By Leo T. S. Ching
Caroline Rose

China & Inner Asia

FATEFUL DECISIONS: Choices That Will Shape China’s Future | Edited by Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi FATEFUL DECISIONS: Choices That Will Shape China’s Future | Edited by Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi
Kenneth W. Foster

THE THIRD REVOLUTION: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State | By Elizabeth C. Economy THE THIRD REVOLUTION: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State | By Elizabeth C. Economy
Tian He

RELIGION IN CHINA. China Today | By Adam Yuet Chau RELIGION IN CHINA. China Today | By Adam Yuet Chau
Kim-kwong Chan

THE CHINA-INDIA RIVALRY IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA | Edited by T. V. Paul THE CHINA-INDIA RIVALRY IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA | Edited by T. V. Paul
Chris Ogden

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | By Yang Jisheng; translated from the Chinese and edited by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | By Yang Jisheng; translated from the Chinese and edited by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian
Norbert Francis

Northeast Asia

THE ABE DOCTRINE: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy | By Daisuke Akimoto \\ THE ICONOCLAST: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan | By Tobias S. Harris THE ABE DOCTRINE: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy | By Daisuke Akimoto \\ THE ICONOCLAST: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan | By Tobias S. Harris
Andrew Oros

THE BUSINESS REINVENTION OF JAPAN: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters | By Ulrike Schaede THE BUSINESS REINVENTION OF JAPAN: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters | By Ulrike Schaede
Saadia M. Pekkanen

URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society | By Susanne Klien URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society | By Susanne Klien
Jeff Kingston

BEYOND THE GENDER GAP IN JAPAN | Edited by Gill Steel BEYOND THE GENDER GAP IN JAPAN | Edited by Gill Steel
Akiko Yasuike

INTO THE FIELD: Human Scientists of Transwar Japan | By Miriam Kingsberg Kadia INTO THE FIELD: Human Scientists of Transwar Japan | By Miriam Kingsberg Kadia
Timothy S. George

OTAKU AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IMAGINATION IN JAPAN | By Patrick W. Galbraith OTAKU AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IMAGINATION IN JAPAN | By Patrick W. Galbraith
Thomas Looser

REFRAMING DISABILITY IN MANGA | By Yoshiko Okuyama REFRAMING DISABILITY IN MANGA | By Yoshiko Okuyama
Kathryn Hemmann

SPECIAL DUTY: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community | By Richard J. Samuels SPECIAL DUTY: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community | By Richard J. Samuels
Paul Midford

South Asia & the Himalayas

ELUSIVE LIVES: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia | By Siobhan Lambert-Hurley ELUSIVE LIVES: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia | By Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
Barbara Metcalf

ANIMAL INTIMACIES: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas | By Radhika Govindrajan ANIMAL INTIMACIES: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas | By Radhika Govindrajan
Priti Narayan

FICTION AS HISTORY: The Novel and the City in Modern North India | By Vasudha Dalmia FICTION AS HISTORY: The Novel and the City in Modern North India | By Vasudha Dalmia
Chakraverti Mahajan

Southeast Asia

ALTERNATIVE VOICES IN MUSLIM SOUTHEAST ASIA: Discourse and Struggles | Edited by Norshahril Saat, Azhar Ibrahim ALTERNATIVE VOICES IN MUSLIM SOUTHEAST ASIA: Discourse and Struggles | Edited by Norshahril Saat, Azhar Ibrahim
Mohamed Salihin Subhan

DEMANDING IMAGES: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia | By Karen Strassler.DEMANDING IMAGES: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia | By Karen Strassler.
Colm Fox

THIS IS WHAT INEQUALITY LOOKS LIKE | By Teo You Yenn THIS IS WHAT INEQUALITY LOOKS LIKE | By Teo You Yenn
Nathan Peng

DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS IN MALAYSIA: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance | By Hidekuni Washida DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS IN MALAYSIA: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance | By Hidekuni Washida
Hwok Aun Lee

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

PEOPLE AND CHANGE IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA | Edited by Diane Austin-Broos and Francesca Merlan PEOPLE AND CHANGE IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA | Edited by Diane Austin-Broos and Francesca Merlan
Siobhan McDonnell