Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Introduction: Mapping Multiple Chinas on the Development Landscape 1
6. Part I. WHO OR WHAT IS CHINA IN CENTRAL AMERICA?
7. 1. Transpacific Assemblages: Tracing Development Encounters over Space and Time 19
8. 2. Chinese Diasporic Communities: Migration and the Making of Central American Modernity 35
9. 3. Taiwan: Diplomatic, Economic, and Cultural Associations with the “Other China” 55
10. Part II. MATERIALIZING TRANSPACIFIC DEVELOPMENT
11. 4. Infrastructure: Laying the Groundwork for Sovereignty and National Identity 85
12. 5. Trade: Brokering Economic Exchange across Markets and Cultures 111
13. 6. Corruption: Hunting Tigers and Chopping Chorizo across the Pacific 136
14. Conclusion: Locating Development Futures 161
15. Notes 171
16. Works Cited 185
17. Index 203