Asymmetrical neighbors: borderland state building between China and southeast Asia
Asymmetrical neighbors: borderland state building between China and southeast Asia
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不对称邻国：中国与东南亚的边境国家建设
作者：
Junyan Chen
《不对称的邻居》考察了中国、缅甸和泰国边境地区相互关联的民族国家建设过程。恩泽汉利用广泛的历史资源和田野调查，详细描述了这三个国家之间的跨国联系，以及每个国家的国家建设进程如何相互关联。在此过程中，本书对东南亚政治发展的研究做出了重大贡献。第一章介绍了本书的结构和方法。第二章建立了一个新颖的理论框架，该框架将民族国家建设不仅描述为特定国家的内部过程，而且还通过与邻国的互动来实现。第三章通过描绘二十世纪中叶之前低地和高地人口之间关系的性质来追溯边境地区的历史叙述。第四章讨论了对这三个国家的建国进程产生重大影响的两个因素：冷战初期国民党军队在缅甸的存在和泰国的共产党叛乱。令人惊讶的是，韩发现国民党充当了缅甸周边分裂的催化剂，引发了缅甸军队与少数民族之间的军事冲突。然而，在泰国和中国，国民党的入侵为两国加强对各自边境地区的控制提供了机会。在第五章中，韩寒讨论了北京支持缅甸共产党（CPB）和泰国共产党（CPT）的不同后果，分别是对中缅边境少数民族的军事化和泰国政府反制民族国家建设运动。第六章探讨了跨境经济的动态、中国和泰国在缅甸边境地区的主导地位以及资源和劳动力的流动。第七章讨论了这三个国家的民族国家建设，重点讨论了少数民族对国家认同的影响。第八章分析缅甸边疆地区现有的民族政治，包括持续的冲突与和平
Asymmetrical Neighbors examines the interrelated nation-state building processes in the borderland areas between China, Myanmar and Thailand. Enze Han uses extensive historical resources and fieldwork to provide a detailed account of the transnational links between the three countries and how the nation-building processes in each country are mutually implicated in one another. In doing so, the book makes a significant contribution to the study of political developments in Southeast Asia. Chapter One introduces the book’s structure and methodology. Chapter Two establishes a novel theoretical framework that portrays nation-state building not only as an internal domestic process of a given country, but one that is informed by interactions with neighbouring states. Chapter Three traces the historical narratives of the borderland territories by delineating the nature of the relationship between the populations of the lowlands and the highlands before the mid-twentieth century. Chapter Four discusses two factors that greatly impacted the nation-building process in the three countries: the presence of Kuomintang (KMT) forces in Myanmar and the communist insurgency in Thailand during the early stages of the Cold War. Surprisingly, Han finds that the KMT acted as a catalyst for the fragmentation of Myanmar’s peripheries, triggering military conflict between the Burmese army and ethnic minorities. However, in Thailand and China, the KMT incursion offered an opportunity for the two countries to strengthen their control over their respective borderland areas. In Chapter Five, Han discusses the different consequences of Beijing’s support for the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) and the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT), which was, respectively, the militarization of ethnic minorities along the Burma-China border and the counteractive campaign of nation-state building by the government in Thailand. In Chapter Six, Han examines the dynamics of the cross-border economy, the dominance of China and Thailand in the borderland areas of Myanmar, as well as the flow of resources and labour. Chapter Seven discusses nation-state building in the three countries, focusing on the impact of ethnic minorities on national identity. Chapter Eight analyses the existing ethnic politics in the restive frontiers of Myanmar, including the ongoing conflicts and the peace