List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Multiple Borders – Tracking the Border down
Contextualizing Chinese Border Politics in the Making
On Border Regimes, Sovereignty, and Immigration
Methodological Reflections
Map of the Book
2 Border Authority and Zoning Technologies
Border as a Method of Investigation
Territorial Governmentality and Zoning Technologies
Self-regulation and Self-responsibility in China’s Neo-socialist Governmentality
3 Graduated Citizenship and Social Control in China’s Immigration System
The Power to Choose
Characteristics of the Chinese Immigration System
Labelling Immigrants: Differentiating Legal Authority and Control over Immigrants
Rationalities of the Chinese Immigration System
4 Making Border Politics : State Actors & Security in the Chinese Border Regime
Locating Border Security Control: Externalization/Internalization
State Configurations in Border Politics
Defending the Border: Security Enforcement
Internal Border Security: Developing Border Areas from Within
Policing at Distance and Local Exceptions
5 Re-Scaling Territorial Authority within Regional Organizations
From Left behind to Bridging the Gap: Re-scaling the Chinese State
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI)
Zoning through Development
6 Local Bordering Practices and Zoning Technologies
Southwest: Dehong and Xishuangbanna Prefecture/Yunnan Province
Northeast: Yanbian Prefecture/Jilin Province
Legality as a Selective, Conditional, and Locally Bound Privilege
7 Conclusion — Authority in the Chinese Border Regime
Special Border Zones: Normalizing Local Exceptions
The Role of Local Governments in China’s Border Management
Border as a Method of Social Control: Graduated Citizenship in China’s Immigration System
Border as a Method of Spatial Development: Territoriality and Centre-Periphery Relations
References
Appendix A: Institutional Architecture of Yunnan Province in the GMS
Appendix B: Institutional Architecture of Jilin Province in the GTI
Glossary
Index