One or two countries? The “Taiwan problem” under the point of view of an overseas Chinese community (Ciudad del Este, Paraguay)

Authors

  • Rosana Pinheiro-Machado Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2010.3.6655

Keywords:

China, Taiwan, Paraguay, Diplomacy, Immigration

Abstract

The article deals with the “Taiwan Problem” and its dilemmas of being or not being a Nation-State. The data are based on an ethnographic research that was carried out in Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) among Taiwanese, Chinese and Paraguayans. Paraguay is one of the few countries in the world that has established diplomatic links with Taiwan, and this fact will be central in the building of “Chinese identities”. In the first part of this article, it is presented a wide view of the macro social question involving China, Taiwan and Paraguay. In the second half, the impact of policies set upon the daily life scope of both immigrants and natives is analyzed.

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Author Biography

Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing

Professora de Antropologia da Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM). Doutora pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2009). Publicações de Destaque: (1) PINHEIRO-MACHADO, R. . The attribution of authenticity to real and fake branded commodities in Brazil and China. In: Andrew Bevan, David Wengrow. (Org.). Cultures of Commodity Branding. São Francisco: Left Coast Press, 2010. (2) PINHEIRO-MACHADO, R. China-Paraguai-Brasil: Uma rota para pensar a economia informal. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais, v. 67, p. 117-133, 2008

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Published

2011-02-07

How to Cite

Pinheiro-Machado, R. (2011). One or two countries? The “Taiwan problem” under the point of view of an overseas Chinese community (Ciudad del Este, Paraguay). Civitas: Journal of Social Sciences, 10(3), 468–489. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2010.3.6655

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2010): Ethnography of economic practices: reflections on social boundaries

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Dossier

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