Sinicisation and ethnicity: spatial characteristics of Shui vernacular architecture in Guizhou, Southwest China

Reading Threads: Clothing, Ethnicity, and Place in Southwest China

One day in 1991, I took a dusty, bumpy jeep ride between two multi-ethnic townships in the hilly border country between Sichuan and Yunnan. With me in the jeep was an official of the Nationalities Commission, the Chinese government agency of the in charge of minority affairs. Since we had just been visiting an area where four different ethnic groups lived together, he struck up a conversation a...

Prevalence of Obesity and Related Factors among Bouyei and Han Peoples in Guizhou Province, Southwest China

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and associated factors in Bouyei and Han peoples. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was carried out in Guizhou province, southwest China in 2012, with multi-stage sampling to enroll 4551 participants aged 20 to 80 years. General and abdominal obesity were defined by World Health Organization (WHO) for Chinese. A design-base...

Ethnobotany of wild plants used for starting fermented beverages in Shui communities of southwest China

BACKGROUND Shui communities of southwest China have an extensive history of using wild plants as starters (Xiaoqu) to prepare fermented beverages that serve important roles in interpersonal relationships and cultural events. While the practice of using wild plants as starters for the preparation of fermented beverages was once prevalent throughout China, this tradition has seen a decline nation...

Geochemistry and Metallogenic Model of Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in Southwest Guizhou Province, China

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...