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Straight Talk Southeast AsiaStraight Talk Southeast AsiaEP43: Sara Duterte’s Resignation in the Philippines with Dr. Alvin CambaThis episode looks at the leadership divisions in the Philippines which were exposed publicly this past week when Vice President Sara Duterte resigned from the Marcos Cabinet. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ 2024-06-2528 minEngaging the Eagle - Exploring U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast AsiaEngaging the Eagle - Exploring U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast AsiaEpisode 13 - The Growing Threat of Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia: A Conversation with Alvin CambaThe emergence of a web of scam compounds in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos is not just an issue for Mekong countries. The criminal syndicates that operate from these compounds are estimated to steal over US$43.8 billion from Mekong countries every year and conduct their financial and administrative operations in other Southeast Asian countries. This poses a series of challenges for the United States. American citizens lost an estimated US$3.5 billion in 2023 to scam actors in Southeast Asia; more broadly, these criminal syndicates weaken state authority in Southeast Asia and make it more challenging for Washington to promote its strategic...2024-06-1325 minEvents at USIPEvents at USIPThe Global Security Threat Posed by Southeast Asia’s Criminal Enclaves On July 18, USIP hosted experts from Southeast Asia for a conversation on cyber-enabled transnational crime in the region. The discussion examined the connection between human trafficking and cybercrime, explored linkages to regional criminal networks, and assessed the peace and security threats to the region, the United States and the world. Speakers Jason TowerCountry Director, Burma, U.S. Institute of Peace Jacob SimsSenior Technical Advisor on Forced Criminality, International Justice MissionAlvin CambaAssistant Professor, Josef Korbel School of International StudiesCindy DyerU.S...2023-07-271h 00Textos con historiaTextos con historia5.- Técnica culinaria. "La casa de Lúculo o el arte de comer (Nueva fisiología del gusto)"“Si el cerdo volase…” dice Camba atribuyendo la frase a un campesino gallego: “se o porco voara…” En este capítulo, dedicado a la técnica culinaria, Don Julio nos habla de los asados, las salsas, la cocción, la fritura, el estofado, la caza, el buey y el cerdo. Hace referencia o cita a Dumas padre, a los meseros franceses, al observatorio astronómico, a Mahoma, a Moisés, a Charles Lamb, a Alvin H. Sanders y hasta al buey Durham pero, de todos, me quedo con el campesino gallego… “se o porco voara…” la historia natural cambiaría la historia política del...2023-05-1532 minThe Belt and Road PodcastThe Belt and Road PodcastHow Do Chinese Firms Approach Overseas Investment Risk? w/ Alvin CambaOn this episode Erik speaks with returning guest Dr. Alvin Camba about his latest research paper "How Chinese firms approach investment risk: strong leaders, cancellation, and pushback" (link to paper)This groundbreaking research uses hundreds of in-depth interviews with top officials from China, Chinese SOEs, state-owned banks as well as Philippine and Indonesian political and economic elite to get a glimpse at how Chinese firms view the strength of a foreign leader, how that affects their investment decisions and how miscalculating strength can lead to undesirable outcomes for Chinese investors and/or State.Alvin Camba...2021-09-2851 min时差 in-betweenness时差 in-betweenness#08 日常中非关系 | Everyday Sino-African relations这期节目我们与两位分别研究在华非洲人和在非华人的嘉宾聊了聊“日常中非关系”，流动迁徙人员在日常生活中的互动与隔阂和主流叙事之间有哪些差距，种族与阶层的交叉，“低端全球化”与不断变化的迁徙路线，刻板印象与媒体，流行文化中的非洲想象等等。主播：张晨晨 + 李瀚伦嘉宾：林丹（中国人民大学）；李杭蔚（伦敦大学亚非学院）音乐：Teni – Case【时间轴】1:20 嘉宾自我介绍3:30 什么是日常中非关系，什么是日常多元文化，国际关系研究为什么也需要关注日常9:10 外交宣传中的中非关系与日常中非关系之间的差别。但是不能约略为官方vs地方的二元对立。日常生活经验非常多元。15:20 如果说到反黑种族主义（anti-black racism），来自北方国家的非裔居民和非洲籍居民日常体验会有哪些不同？种族与经济阶层的交叉性19:30 migrant是“移民”吗？中文中对应词汇的缺乏说明我们在讨论移民、种族这些问题的时候知识结构是不同的，同时也在发生变化20:01 “中国人”和“非洲人”都是包含了极大差异性的身份标签。当考虑其他的身份，比如非洲穆斯林和中国穆斯林可能会感到更多文化上的亲近性22:30 广州非洲商人的概况，很多中国人对客居广州非洲人的刻板印象28:15 当地人对在非华人的刻板印象32:00 什么是“低端全球化”？广州作为“低端全球化”的贸易中心39:30 广州贸易网络与族裔经济网络的互相支持。全球性的结构性变动令其他成本更低的亚洲城市也许更具吸引力，寻求商机的人可能会根据具体情形调整迁徙路线（circumstantial migration）45:30 在非华人的组成。许多工人生活在较为独立的“飞地”，有明确的回国目标，在当地工作为了回国买房，“埃塞俄比亚的中国房奴”55:00 当地媒体和海外华人的中文媒体都加剧了对他者的恐惧，加剧了侨民在治安方面的焦虑不安58:00 广州的非洲籍居民并没有生活在“飞地”，与当地社区有更多互动。职业与阶层的因素。1:05:00 网络种族主义。政客利用排外情绪制造噱头。民粹主义在非洲。1:09:00 主流媒体和流行文化中的非洲想象，除了刻板印象之外还往往暗示一种“施以恩惠”和“应该感恩”的等级关系。这些叙事也影响了日常互动。 【嘉宾作品】Mathews, G., Lin, L. D., & Yang, Y. (2017). The world in Guangzhou: Africans and other foreigners in South China’s global marketplace. University of Chicago Press.麥高登, 林丹, & 楊瑒. (2019). 《南中國的世界城: 廣州的非洲人與低端全球化》，香港中文大學出版社Mathews, G., Lin, D., & Yang, Y. (2014). How to Evade States and Slip Past Borders: Lessons from Traders, Overstayers, and Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong and China. City & Society, 26(2), 217-238.Li, H., & Shi, X. (2019). Home away from home: The social and political roles of contemporary Chinese associations in Zambia. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 48(2), 148-170.Camba, Alvin, and Hangwei, LI. 2020. "Chinese Workers and Their 'Linguistic Labour': Philippine Online Gambling and Zambian Onsite Casinos." China Perspectives (4): 39–47.Li, H. & Musiitwa, J. M. (2020). China in Africa's looking glass: perceptions and realities. 李杭蔚. 2016. 流连非洲赌场的中国性工作者. 端传媒. 【其他推荐】Carling, J., & Haugen, H. Ø. (2020). Circumstantial migration: how Gambian journeys to China enrich migration theory. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-18.Sautman, B., & Hairong, Y. (2016). The discourse of racialization of labour and Chinese enterprises in Africa. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(12), 2149-2168.Mathews, G. (2015). African logistics agents and middlemen as cultural brokers in Guangzhou. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44(4), 117-144.Driessen, M. (2015). Migrating for the bank: housing and Chinese labour migration to Ethiopia. China Quarterly, 143.Driessen, M. (2019). Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia. Hong Kong University Press.Jura, J., Kaluzynska, K., & De Carvalho, P. (2018). ‘The big brother we appreciate’ or a ‘mafioso’? The emergence of stereotypes concerning China and the Chinese in Angola. Journal of African Media Studies, 10(3), 251-271.Castillo, R. (2016). ‘Homing’ Guangzhou: Emplacement, belonging and precarity among Africans in China. International 2020-12-201h 18Deep in the SEA with Mirko GiordaniDeep in the SEA with Mirko GiordaniIf westerners are naive about Duterte, Chinese money is not – With Alvin CambaRodrigo Duterte is famous for his quite unusual and soft stance towards China. Filipinos, in general, have a deep distrust for China and you maybe believe that they distrust Duterte for his “love affairs” with Beijing. Wrong! Duterte has been enjoying the highest approval rate since the Marcos’ Administration.But what is the state-of-the-art of Manila’s economic dealings with Beijing? The Philippines are, together with Brunei, the South East Asian country, which has had the lowest level of Chinese investment. Differently from countries like Malaysia, where the political backlash against Chinese conditions on lending money, The Philippines never fo...2019-09-1917 minThe Belt and Road PodcastThe Belt and Road PodcastChinese State-Backed and Flexible Capital in the Philippines - Alvin CambaOn this episode, Erik Myxter-iino has a conversation with Sociology Ph.D. Candidate at Johns Hopkins University Alvin Camba about his soon-to-be-published work - Reexamining China and South-South Relations: Chinese State-backed and Flexible Private Capitals in the Philippines.In it, Alvin analyzes the different types of Chinese capitals and how they interact with different political eras in the Philippines.Recommendations: Alvin - The China Boom: Why China will not rule the World by Ho-fung Hung Erik -  Why is the White House Scuttling its Biggest D...2019-05-0329 min