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Wanjing Kelly Chen

Wanjing Kelly Chen

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Wanjing (Kelly) Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Her research focuses on migration and the expansion of Chinese capital into Laos.
Wanjing (Kelly) Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Her research focuses on migration and the expansion of Chinese capital into Laos.
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Laos farmers’ livelihoods hang by a thread as Chinese developer drains marsh

To Vientiane’s new middle class an artificial lake is a jewel; to farmers reliant on wetlands a Chinese developer drained to create it, it’s a curse.

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