China as context

Di Wu is a 'ZJU 100 Young Professor' Associate Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Anthropology, Zhejiang University.Andrea E. Pia is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester.

• Introduction: China as context – Di Wu, Andrea E. Pia, Ed PulfordPart I: China is context1 To grow affinity with whom? Shifting modes of engagement of Chinese Buddhism in East Africa– Yu Qiu2 China as ethnographic absent presence: mssed encounters in the Polish and Mexican amber markets – Alessandro Rippa3 Russian names for China and their relational implications – Caroline Humphrey 4 Insurgent instruction: Confucius Institutes and the production of soft power – Jennifer HubbertPart II: The neglect of China5 For the sake of simplicity: no China, no context – Hans Steinmüller 6 ‘The Malinowski-Freedman Thesis’ and ‘Grammars of Anthropology on China’: a reflection based on the research of Fei Xiaotong – Tan Tongxue (trans. Di Wu)7 What are you doing it for? Thoughts on a pragmatistic approach to China anthropology –Yang ZhanCommentary: China as science fiction: recontextualising ‘China as context’ –Uradyn E. Bulag