Category: Cultural Anthropology
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Language Choices of Balanced Bilingual English-Chinese Speakers
Bilingual English and Mandarin Chinese speakers in the United State and China are playing an increasingly important role amid growing political, economic, and cultural interactions between the two countries. Although they are fluent in both languages, different language preferences and usages may result in miscommunication, cultural misunderstandings, and group identity conflicts. Therefore, it is critical…
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Women’s Agency in China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrant Communities
While male figures in China’s rural-to-urban migrant force often being portrayed in mass media and state narratives, women’s unique characteristics in this migrant dynamic are not sufficiently disclosed. A special report published on China Labour Bulletin examines the unique difficulties of migrant women, especially their vulnerability to organized crimes and their lack of proper maternal…