Dr. Yuanyuan Xie is working as both Research Fellow at the National Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University and Senior Editor & Research Fellow of Tianda Institute. She received her PhD from the Institute of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology of Peking University. Her current research focuses on the modernization of national governance system and capacity.

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Foreword
Ping Hao

Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps

Introduction

Chapter 1. Living with Ewenki Hunters
Chapter 2. The Culture of Reindeer Ewenki and Historical Settlements
Chapter 3. Ecological Migration Path
Chapter 4. Post-Migration Issues
Chapter 5. Aftermath and Future

Bibliography
Index

Reindeer-herding Ewenki hunters have lived in the forests of China's Greater Khingan Range for over three hundred years. They have sustained their livelihoods by collecting plants and herbs, hunting animals and herding reindeer. This ethnography details changing Ewenki ways of life brought first by China's modernization and development policies and more recently by ecological policies that aim to preserve and restore the badly damaged ecologies of western China. Xie reflects on modernization and urbanization in China through this study of ecological migration policies and their effects on relocated Aoluguya Ewenki hunters.