Colonialism
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Journal Article Review of Sheng, F., & Smith, G. (2021). The Shifting Fate of China’s Pacific Diaspora.
In this article we review Sheng and Smith’s (2021) chapter, The Shifting Fate of China’s Pacific Diaspora in the edited book The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands. Roxane de Waegh engages with Sheng and Smith’s (2021) material on the founding of a Chinese diaspora in the Pacific in the colonial period… Continue reading
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Journal Article Review of Maclellan, N. (2021) Stable, Democratic and Western: China and French Colonialism in the Pacific
Maclellan’s (2021) chapter, Stable Democratic and Western: China and French Colonialism in the Pacific, is part of Smith & Wesley-Smith (2021) edited book The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands. The edited book as a whole brings together a collection of scholars who analyze China’s growing involvement in the Pacific. The edited… Continue reading
ANZUS, Aquaculture, Australia, Blue Economy, China, Colonialism, Development Partners, Edouard Fritch, Entrepreneurs, foreign capital, France, French Polynesia, Geopolitics, Hau Atoll, Imperialism, New Caledonia, New Commercial Pacific Diplomacy, New Pacific Diplomacy, Non-State Actors, Oceania, Pacific, Securitization, Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods, Tianrui Group, Wang Chen -
Urban Social Change in Oceania: What is it? Why is it happening? Why is it important?
This website’s primary aim is to track urban social change in Oceania. Urban social change is deserving of academic attention because the ways cities change has implications for the everyday lives of most of the region’s population. It underscores how traditional ways of life are pursued; livelihood activities carried out, conventions of social interaction established,… Continue reading