| Titre | Unpacking Migration Infrastructure and the (Im)mobility of Myanmar Migrant Workers in China | |
|---|---|---|
| Auteur | Xinrong Ma, Hongyu Chen | |
 |
Revue | China perspectives |
| Numéro | no 143, 2025 Rethinking Global China through Migrants in the Margins: Precarity, Agency, and Multi-directional Mobility | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Special feature |
|
| Page | 19-28 | |
| Résumé anglais |
This study examines the dynamics of (im)mobility among Myanmar migrant workers, who constitute the largest group of foreign labour migrants in China. Based on interviews and participant observations with migrant workers in both the border and non-border areas of China, this article examines how multiple dimensions of migration infrastructure – including geopolitics and migration policies (institutional dimension), social ties and affective relations (social dimension), and ethnic-based migration brokerages – interact in shaping the (im)mobility of Myanmar migrant workers. It points out that infrastructural interruptions, including border closures, changes in visa policy, and the collapse of the administrative management system caused by the coup in Myanmar, have disrupted the mobility of labour migrants between China and Myanmar, and trapped them in a state of “stuckness” during the pandemic. However, social infrastructure, composed of social ties and intimate relationships, and ethnicity-based migration brokerages, are found to have become activated to sustain their everyday lives in China and their desire to return to their hometowns. This paper contributes to the understanding of China's socioeconomic transformation in the age of migration, which is an integral component in China's development. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
|
| Article en ligne | https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/19991 |
