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Danielle Tan : Chinese Engagement in Laos [ISEAS – Publication en ligne]

[ndlr] Nouvelle publication en ligne sur le Laos de notre collègue Danielle Tan.

Chinese Engagement in Laos: Past, Present, and Uncertain Future

By Danielle Tan

Executive Summary

  • During the colonial period, Laos welcomed the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, communities that almost disappeared after the communist forces seized power in Laos in 1975.
  • Yet, this landlocked country shares a long history with China and even experienced a Golden Age thanks to the thriving caravan trade between Yunnan and mainland Southeast Asia. The Greater Mekong Subregion programme, launched by the Asian Development Bank, has revitalized these historical trade routes, causing thousands of Chinese migrants to pour onto the new roads of Laos, channelled through the North–South Economic Corridor linking Kunming to Bangkok.
  • The growing link between Laos and China has alarmed many scholars and development workers, both Lao and foreign; some even speak of a Chinese “shadow state” threatening Lao sovereignty and territorial integrity.
  • It is necessary to go beyond the image of Laos regularly depicted as a weak state, a victim of globalization, and of China in particular, to consider a less passive posture. The paper argues that China’s growing presence is far from eroding the power of the Lao communist regime. Instead, Chinese engagement allows the Lao state to cope with the challenges of globalization and to maintain its power at the same time.
  • The paper will highlight Chinese engagement in Laos throughout history by emphasizing their recurrent patterns of intermediation. Then, it will describe how Chinese networks have become key partners of the Lao state’s development policies. However, rising uncertainties over the neighbouring communist ally’s economic potential may push China to revise its development strategy in Laos.
Agenda / Evénements, Colloques

Call For Papers – Vietnam Forum 2016 [ISEAS]

[ndlr] Appel à communications sur le thème “Viêt-Nam, 30 ans de Renouveau et au-delà”, organisé par l’ISEAS à Singapour les 24 et 25 mars 2016. Date limite de l’envoi du résumé de communication (250 mots) le 17 juillet 2016.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Vietnam Forum 2016

“Vietnam: Thirty years of Doi Moi and beyond”

24-25 March 2016

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119614

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The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) adopted the Doi Moi (Renovation) policy at its sixth National Congress in 1986, opening up a new chapter in the country’s modern history. Under Doi Moi, Vietnam has undergone significant socio-economic reforms that transformed the country from a backward centrally-planned, autarkic economy into a dynamic market-based and highly internationally integrated one, and one of the most successful stories in terms of poverty reduction in Asia’s contemporary history. The country’s political system has also adopted various reforms to facilitate economic development and good governance. At the same time, Vietnam’s foreign policy has also been renovated under Doi Moi as Hanoi abandoned the ideology-based foreign policy making to pursue the “diversification and multilateralisation” of its international relations. As such, Vietnam has transformed itself into a well respected international partner with increasing influence over regional affairs.

Next year will witness another milestone in the country’s development as the CPV will convene its 12th National Congress to review the past 30 years of Doi Moi and to introduce new policies to guide the country’s future development. In particular, there have been calls for a second Doi Moi (Doi Moi 2.0) to lift Vietnam out of prolonged economic difficulties since 2008 and to establish a new growth model for the country. Therefore, economic reforms, if any, introduced by the Party at the Congress will have important implications for Vietnam’s future economic performance. Moreover, official documents adopted by the Congress may also shed light on how the CPV will deal with mounting pressures for further political reforms as well as foreign policy challenges brought about by China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Theme and topics

Against this backdrop, ISEAS will organize the Vietnam Forum 2016 on “Vietnam: Thirty years of Doi Moi and beyond”. The Forum will provide a timely opportunity for Vietnam watchers to review and examine the various socio-economic, political and foreign policy transformations that Doi Moi has produced over the past 30 years as well as their national and regional implications. Held at a critical juncture of the country’s development, the Forum will also be an appropriate platform for scholars and policy makers to share their views on Vietnam’s contemporary challenges and its future trajectories.

The Forum is multidisciplinary, and we welcome papers on a broad range of topics as long as they address the general theme of the Forum. Papers with comparative approaches (especially between Vietnam and China) are also welcome. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

  • Vietnam’s current economic restructuring; SOE reforms; the role of private and foreign-invested sectors; the role of foreign aid and foreign actors in Vietnam’s economic development; Vietnam’s outward FDI; the role of overseas Vietnamese in Vietnam’s economic development; the development of Vietnam’s financial sector…
  • Vietnam’s political reforms under Doi Moi; the CPV’s legitimacy and political challenges; politics within the CPV; administrative and judicial reforms; corruption and the fight against corruption; constitutional reform…
  • Vietnam’s social and cultural changes under Doi Moi; immigration and demographic changes; urbanization process; inequality; middle class; Vietnam’s education reform…
  • Vietnam’s foreign policy evolution under Doi Moi; Vietnam’s contemporary foreign policy challenges; Vietnam’s relations with major countries and ASEAN; Vietnam and the South China Sea disputes; Vietnam’s international economic integration…

Forum’s format

The Forum will be divided into four consecutive panels, focusing on four research areas: economics; politics; social and cultural issues; and foreign policy. Each panel will address the overall theme of the Forum with a focus on their specific area.

Each panel will be composed of 4-5 participants, each participant has 20 minutes to present their paper and 10 minutes for Q&A. Depending on the quality of the papers submitted, however, the number of participants in each panel may be increased or decreased so that the best participants/papers will be selected.

It is expected that an edited book based on a number of selected papers will be published within 12-18 months after the Forum concludes.

Submission of abstracts and full papers

Interested scholars should submit author information, paper title and an abstract (maximum 250 words) via the Forum’s website before 17 July 2015. Selected authors will be notified via email on 24 July 2015.

The deadline for full papers to be submitted is 29 January 2016. Please note that authors who do not submit completed papers by due date may be asked to give up their place in the Forum.

The papers must be original research that have not been published or are not being considered for publication anywhere else.

The papers should be between 6000-8000 words, using endnotes and following the rules set out in Chapter 15 of the Chicago Manual Style, 12th edition, 1969.

Conference grants

ISEAS will cover economy class round-trip airfare and accommodation (2 to 3 nights) for selected participants, plus per diems during the Forum.

Key dates

  • Abstract submission: 17 July 2015
  • Selected participants announced: 24 July 2015
  • Full paper submission: 29 January 2016
  • Forum organized: 24-25 March 2016

Further information and contact details

Further information about the Forum is available at the Forum’s website: Vietnamforum.info. All queries should be directed to:

Dr. Le Hong Hiep

Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119614

Email: le_hong_hiep@iseas.edu.sg

Tel: +65 6870 4545

Source : ISEAS – Vietnam Forum Info

Image “à la une” : ISEAS Vietnam Forum Info website.

Fonds archives Indochine, Fonds Hémery

Daniel Hémery : Révolutionnaires légaux et pouvoir colonial à Saigon de 1932 à 1937 [Annexes]

[ndlr] Document annexe issu de la thèse de Daniel Hémery intitulée : Révolutionnaires légaux et pouvoir colonial à Saigon de 1932 à 1937. Le groupe et le journal “La Lutte”, mars 1973. Nous présentons ici la liste des documents annexes de cette thèse remarquable. La table analytique du journal est proposée en 4 fichers PDF à télécharger. Les originaux sont rassemblés dans le Fonds Hémery de l’Institut d’Asie Orientale (IAO, umr 5062) à l’ENS de Lyon.

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Liste des documents annexes

Hors-textes

I : Les mouvements de 1930-1931 en Cochinchine (carte).

II : Itinéraire politiques des militants de “La Lutte”.

III : Répartition numérique des extraits de presse cités dans “La Lutte” (octobre 1934 –  juin 1936).

IV : L’archipel de Poulo-Condore en 1932 (carte) + Plan du pénitencier de Poulo-Condore en 1932.

V : Variation de l’effectif des ouvriers journaliers de 38 établissements de Saigon-Cholon (1931-1936).

VI : Coût de la vie et salaires de la classe ouvrière à Saigon-Cholon (1928-1937).

VII : Les comités d’action en 1936 (carte 1) + Les comités d’action en 1936 (carte 2).

Annexes

1 : Schéma de l’organisation du Parti Communiste Indochinois au Sud en 1932, d’après la police française.

2 : L’implantation du Parti Communiste Indochinois en mars 1935, , d’après la police française (carte).

3 : Schéma de l’organisation du Parti Communiste Indochinois en mars 1935 dans la moitié Sud de l’Indochine, d’après la police française.

4 : Manifeste du 1er Congrès du Parti Communiste Indochinois (Macao, mars 1935).

5 : Origines sociales, études accomplies et activités professionnelles des militants de la “Lutte”.

6 : L’état d’esprit de la jeunesse radical[e] en 1926-1927 :

  • Tract rédigé par Nguyên-An-Ninh en mars 1926
  • “Quelques mots sur la lecture de M. Monet à Duong-Van-Loi”, par Ta-Thu-Thâu
  • Allocution de Ta-Thu-Thâu aux étudiants chinois et vietnamiens à bord du “Chenonceaux” en octobre 1927.

7 : Les annonceurs de “La Lutte”.

8 : Journaux communistes clandestins publiés par le Parti Communiste Indochinois (1934-1937).

8 bis : Enfants errants de Saigon.

9 : Sociétés anonymes de caoutchouc subventionnées par le Gouvernement général de l’Indochine de 1931 à 1934.

10 : Les monopoles urbains à Saigon-Cholon (1932-1936).

11 : Evolution de l’impôt personnel en Cochinchine (1917-1937).

12 : Le thème national dans “La Lutte” (octobre 1934 – juin 1936).

13 : La page culturelle de “La Lutte” (octobre 1934 – juin 1936).

14 : Récit par Bui-Quang-Chiêu de la manifestation populaire à son retour de France le 24 mars 1926.

14 bis : “Protestation contre la guerre destinée aux militaires”.

15 : Commentaire inédit de L. Trotsky sur les élections de 1939 en Cochinchine.

15 bis : Pratique indochinoise de la question.

16 : Quelques dirigeants communistes vietnamiens emprisonnés (au 31.XII.1935).

17 : Effectifs des trois principaux centres de détention de l’Indochine.

18 : Amnistie et mesures de grâce de 1930 à juin 1936.

19 : Composition de l’effectif des principaux bagnes de Poulo-Condore au 22 avril 1936.

20 : Répartition des détenus entre les principaux bagnes de Poulo-Condore (au 5.II.1936).

21 : Chronologie partielle des mouvements de détenus dans les prisons du Nam-Ky de 1931 à 1936.

21 bis : Grève de la faim à Poulo-Condore.

22 : Trois budgets paysans.

23 : Effectifs de quelques entreprises du Sud.

24 : Qualifications de l’arsenal de Saigon en 1937.

25 : Répartition professionnelle des ouvriers de 38 établissements de Saigon-Cholon de 1931 à 1936.

26 : Les cochers de “boîtes d’allumettes”.

26 bis : Enquête chez les débardeurs de Khanh-Hôi.

27 : Nombre et dimension des entreprises “industrielles” en Cochinchine au début de 1937.

28 : Accidents du travail dans 20 entreprises de la région de Saigon-Cholon (octobre 1934 – juin 1936).

29 : Les salaires au Sud en 1935-1936 (en $).

30 : Salaires dans 7 entreprises de Saigon-Cholon en décembre 1936.

31 : Elections Coloniales des 3 et 17 mars 1935 dans les deux premières circonscriptions.

32 : Propositions soumises au Conseil Municipal de Saigon par la fraction ouvrière (1933-1936)

33 : Tract du Comité d’Action du groupe de “La Lutte”, intitulé “Dong-Duong-Dai-Hôi” (Congrès Indochinois).

34 : La Comité de convocation du Congrès Indochinois (ou Comité Provisoire).

35 : Répartition socio-géographique de 212 comités d’action dans 14 provinces du Nam-Ky.

36 : Le mouvement gréviste en Indochine au 15 août 1936 au 15 janvier 1937.

37 : A) Les grèves au Sud en 1936-1937. B) Grèves encours au Sud par secteur d’activité (1936-1937). Tableau incomplet.

38 : Paysans expropriés : l’affaire de Rachgia vu par “La Lutte”.

39 : Liste des établissements ayant des délégués ouvriers présents à l’Assemblée Générale de la Fédération ouvrière du Nam-Ky (de tendance “trotskyste”) le 29 mai 1937.

40 : La condition des ouvriers des ateliers de chemins de fer de Truong Thi (Vinh, Nord Annam).

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Tables analytiques de “La Lutte”.

Première partie : liste des articles du journal : p. 1 à 65

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Hémery_LaLutte_Table_22–39

Hémery_LaLutte_Table_40-55

Hémery_LaLutte_Table_56-65

[mention manuscrite : “pages manquantes 10, 37”]

Pour citer cette ressource : IAO, Fonds Héméry, “Tables analytiques de La Lutte” in Daniel Héméry, Révolutionnaires légaux et pouvoir colonial à Saigon de 1932 à 1937. Le groupe et le journal “La Lutte”. Documents annexes, mars 1973.

Bibliographie

[pp. 66 à 85, document complet]

Photos

[6 planches, portrait de militants, trois unes du journal “La Lutte” en 1933, 1934 et 1937].

IAO_FondsHémery_MilitantsdeLaLutteLes principaux militants du groupe “La Lutte”

Image “à la une” : Détail de la permanence de “La Lutte” à Saigon pendant les élections municipales, Fonds Héméry © IAO

Agenda / Evénements, Colloques

Kimberly A. Goyette : Stratification and the Emergence of the Post-Secondary Private Education Sector in Vietnam

[ndlr] Annonce d’une conférence au colloque Gobal Education de l’Université Drexel le 21 avril 2015.

Stratification and the Emergence of the Post-Secondary Private Education Sector in Vietnam

Kimberly A. Goyette, Ph.D., Temple University

Private education is the fastest-growing sector of post-secondary education in Asia and worldwide.  This growth is especially notable in developing countries with a long history of state-controlled, public education.  Vietnam has had a strong public, post-secondary education sector that has only recently begun to experience growth in non-public institutions.  In this research, I investigate how the growth of the private sector may influence stratification in Vietnam.  I find that private and other types of non-public institutions are more likely to serve more advantaged students from South Vietnam. They pay higher costs to acquire their post-secondary credentials; however, these students also seem to choose more lucrative fields like science, technology and engineering, and business, perhaps as a way to ensure good returns to this investment.  This research suggests that as the private sector in Vietnam expands, the influence of family background and region of residence on post-secondary attendance may grow.

KimberlyAGoyetteAbout the Speaker

Kimberly A. Goyette is an associate professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society at Temple University.  Her recent work looks at relationships between schools, housing, and race in the U.S., and explores the privatization and internationalization of universities in Southeast Asia (CV pdf).

Source : Global Education Colloquium

Signalements

Kimberly Kay Hoang: Dealing in Desire. Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline, and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work [parution]

KimberlyKayHoang_DealingInDesire[ndlr] Nouvelle parution aux presses de l’université de Californie. Présentation de l’éditeur.

This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam’s sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, author Kimberly Kay Hoang worked at four exclusive Saigon hostess bars catering to diverse clientele: wealthy local Vietnamese and Asian businessmen, Viet Kieus (ethnic Vietnamese living abroad), Western businessmen, and Western budget-tourists. Dealing in Desire takes an in-depth and often personal look at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of the informal economy. For the domestic super-elite who use the levers of political power to channel foreign capital into real estate and manufacturing projects, conspicuous consumption is a means of projecting an image of Asian ascendancy to potential investors. For Viet Kieus and Westerners who bring remittances into the local economy, personal relationships with local sex workers reinforce their ideas of Asia’s rise and Western decline, while simultaneously bolstering their diminished masculinity. Dealing in Desire illuminates Ho Chi Minh City’s sex industry as not just a microcosm of the global economy, but a critical space where dreams and deals are traded.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Dealing in Desire

1. Sex Work in HCMC, 1867–Present
2. The Contemporary Sex Industry
3. New Hierarchies of Global Men
4. Entrepreneurial Mommies
5. Autonomy and Consent in Sex Work
6. Constructing Desirable Bodies
7. Sex Workers’ Economic Trajectories
Conclusion: Faltering Ascent

Appendix: The Empirical Puzzle and the Embodied Cost of Ethnography
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Kimberly Kay Hoang is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston College.

Source : University of California Press

 

Signalements

Taylor, K. W. (ed.): Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967–1975)

Taylor_VoicesFromThe2ndRepublicOfVietNam[ndlr] Parution d’un ouvrage important sur la Seconde République du Viêt-Nam (1967-1975) sur laquelle peu d’études existent. Réf. : Taylor, Keith W. (ed.), Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967–1975), Ithaca, NY, Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2015.

The Republic of (South) Vietnam is commonly viewed as a unified entity throughout the two decades (1955–75) during which the United States was its main ally. However, domestic politics during that time followed a dynamic trajectory from authoritarianism to chaos to a relatively stable experiment in parliamentary democracy. The stereotype of South Vietnam that appears in most writings, both academic and popular, focuses on the first two periods to portray a caricature of a corrupt, unstable dictatorship and ignores what was achieved during the last eight years.

The essays in Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967–1975) come from those who strove to build a constitutional structure of representative government during a war for survival with a totalitarian state. Those committed to realizing a noncommunist Vietnamese future placed their hopes in the Second Republic, fought for it, and worked for its success. This book is a step in making their stories known.

  • Introduction by K. W. Taylor
  • 1. A Vietnamese Perspective on US Involvement in Vietnam
    by Bui Diem
  • 2. Testimony of a Senior Officer, South Vietnamese Central Intelligence Organization
    by Phan Cong Tam
  • 3. From Facing Anti-war Crowds to Nation-building
    by Nguyen Ngoc Bich
  • 4. A Decade of Public Service: Nation-building during the Interregnum and Second Republic (1964–75)
    by Tran Quang Minh
  • 5. Building a Market Economy during Wartime
    by Nguyen Duc Cuong
  • 6. From the First to the Second Republic: From Scylla to Charybdis
    by Phan Quang Tue
  • 7. Testimony of a Former Representative of the Republic of South Vietnam National Assembly, 1971–75
    by Tran Van Son
  • 8. The Tan Dai Viet Party and its Contribution to Building Democracy in the Second Republic of Vietnam
    by Ma Xai
  • 9. Naval Battle of the Paracels
    by Ho van Ky-Thoai
  • 10. Military and Security
    by Lan Lu

Source : Cornell University Press

 

Agenda / Evénements, Séminaires +

William G. Clarence-Smith : Les mulets en Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est dans la longue durée

Séminaire de l’Institut d’Asie Orientale

coordonné par Laurent Gédéon et François Guillemot

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“Les mulets en Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est dans la longue durée”

William Gervase Clarence-Smith

Professor of the Economic History of Asia and Africa, SOAS, University of London ; Chief Editor, Journal of Global History, London School of Economics & Cambridge University Press

5 juin 2014

Salle de réunion de l’IAO (R66), de 14h à 15h30

Résumé : Les ânes sont arrivés en Chine autour du IIIe siècle avant JC, et les mulets sont devenus un pilier de l’économie du nord et de l’ouest de la Chine, ainsi que du Tibet, dès l’époque des Tang. La Chine est même devenu le principal pays muletier du monde entier. En revanche, les mulets n’ont eu qu’une position effacée en Corée, dans le nord du Sud Est Asiatique et aux Philippines. Dans l’espace musulman du Sud Est Asiatique et au Japon, l’on ne retrouve pas de mulets du tout. Les préjugés culturels et religieux ont joué un rôle important dans cette distribution inégale des mulets, mais aussi certains phénomènes économiques.

Source : IAO