...This chapter traces how external and internal factors—especially the imagined Western threat caused by the Chinese Rites Controversy that peaked in the second decade of the eighteenth century, and the conflict between the Manchus and Han—led Kangxi to limit private trade with Southeast Asia...

... and Torres racial bribe racial formation theory racial project Torres Gerald The Accidental Asian Liu Asian Americans whiteness racialization assimilation model minority racial threat racial project In August 2006, Mark Burnett, the creator of CBS’s Survivor , created quite...

... (Vanuatu's lingua franca) for cultural tradition, or indigenous knowledge and practices, particularly those that differentiate ni-Vanuatu (indigenous citizens) from foreigners and expatriates. The chapter also describes how growing fears about HIV/AIDS as a foreign threat mirror and exacerbate existing fears...

...This chapter examines the very mechanisms of Sinophobic discourse in Mongolia in order to elucidate how threats associated with China are so readily and willingly believed by the Mongols. In particular, it considers the various stereotypes and ethnic slurs that can shed light on the genealogy...