‘We’re all trained to be good obedient children, but what do you want?’ Delving into the inner lives of women in neoliberal China

  • Written by: Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
‘We’re all trained to be good obedient children, but what do you want?’ Delving into the inner lives of women in neoliberal ChinaMigrant workers on the assembly line making toys in Dongguan, Guandong. 2015.Photo: Zhan Youbing, CC BY

Yuan Yang is what migration academics call a “1.5 generation migrant” – meaning she was born in her country of origin and then migrated to another country as a child.

She belongs, too, to what Chinese people call jiulinhou &ndash...

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