It will be a year of change and challenge for China in 2023. Although the country has lifted the most disruptive “dynamic zero-covid” restrictions, the path towards normalisation will be bumpy as authorities navigate surging infections and pressures facing the healthcare system. The conventionbreaking new leadership team that took power in October will inherit an economy facing pressing and lingering issues, including the aftermath of campaign-style reforms in property and technology.

Mere decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of those migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knock-offs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews explores the question of how the city became such a center of "low-end" globalization and shows what we can learn from that experience similar transformations elsewhere in the world.
Through detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal relationships emerge between two groups—Chinese and Sub-Saharan Africans—that don't share a common language, culture, or religion? And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish families?
Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational connections continue to remake cities around the world.

歷經十年、長達二十個月的田野調查
一位年輕女性人類學者，勇敢跨入海洛因與愛滋病蔓延的偏遠山區
紀錄涼山諾蘇族兄弟在現代化浪潮中，輝煌又慘烈的青春探險
見證了現代與傳統、全球與在地、生命與死亡的交織辯證

全球化危机，新自由主义破产，民粹主义兴起
缺乏制度和文化准备的社会，如何解救自身？
一场建立跨国公共论域的思想实验
全球15位前沿思想家共议，15个语种接力出版
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我们生活在激烈的政治变革期——脱欧公投，特朗普胜选，欧洲等地极右运动的兴起，民族 主义和仇外情绪的复归……忽然之间，我们发觉自己身处一个仅仅几年前还无法想象的世界。我们该如何理解这些戏剧性的发展，又该如何应对？我们正在目睹世界性的对于自由民主的弃绝，并代之以某种民粹威权主义吗？
本书集合了15位享有国际盛誉的思想家，分析并试图理解现时代精神状况背后的力量。他们跨域学科和国界来剖解当下的困局，在更广阔的历史情境中定位，探讨未来可能的轨迹，并思考回击这种反转的可能。
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任何迫切想要了解当代国际政治中发挥作用的深层结构的读者的必读之书。
——Hyperallergic
对于想要反思近期政治变革的读者，本书会是一个引人入胜的起步。
——LSE Review of Books