Introduction

1. Internal Migration in Reform China

2. International Migration from China

3. Tourism in Contemporary China

4. The Usefulness of Mobility Producing Modern Citizens

5. The Dangers of Mobility Disciplining the Traveler

6. Conflicting Impulses Mobility Encouraged and Hindered

7. Conclusion | Mobility and Cultural Control

Notes

References

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Nyiri explores recent challenges to state authority as Chinese citizens become increasingly mobile as migrant workers, tourists, and students, both inside China and abroad.--Pal Nyiri is professor of global history from an anthropological perspective at the Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam.

Pál Nyíri is professor of global history from an anthropological perspective at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Among his publications are Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority and, with Joana Breidenbach, Seeing Culture Everywhere, from Genocide to Consumer Habits.