Border People: Editor’s Interview with Elena Barabantseva

Dr. Elena Barabantseva is senior lecturer in Chinese International Relations at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the author of 'When borders lie within: ethnic marriages and illegality on the Sino-Vietnamese border,' International Political Sociology, 9:4, 2015; ‘From ‘customary’ to ‘illegal’: Yao ethnic marriages on the Sino-Vietnamese border,’ Cross Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, 15, 2015; and (with Andy Lawrence), ‘Encountering vulnerabilities through ‘filmmaking for fieldwork,’ Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 23.3, June 2015, among other numerous publications. Her full biography and research profile can be found at https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/E.V.Barabantseva.html