Guanxi and Regulation in Networks: The Yunnanese Jade Trade between Burma and Thailand, 1962–88

Wen-Chin Chang

doi:10.1017/S0022463404000244

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The article investigates the operation of the jade trading networks from Burma to Thailand during the period of the Burmese socialist regime. The trade, a significant ethnic enterprise undertaken by Yunnanese migrants, has relied on transnational networks that deal with different political and economic systems beyond the jurisdiction of the state. The network approach is used to analyse the intertwining of guanxi formation and regulatory observance.

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