Xuan Wen is Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Chongqing Technology and Business University, China (wenxuan@ctbu.edu.cn). Introduction In the context of modernisation and development…

Yu Luo is Associate Professor of anthropology and the Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair in Contemporary China Studies at the University of Puget Sound, Washington, United…

Tingting Liu is Chancellor’s Research Fellow in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology Sydney, Building 6, Level 6, Room…

Hairuo Jin completed her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge, UK CB2 3RF (hj347@cam.ac.uk). It is widely acknowledged…