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In an attempt to examine Eurasian globalization historically, this paper outlines three phases of globalization starting from 200 BCE to 1492 CE as Phase 1 and 1500 CE to 1999 CE as Phase 2 and from 2000 CE Phase 3. By historicizing the concept and the process of globalization, the paper attempts to provide a more global rather than a Europe-centred history of globalization and modernization. The paper builds on the idea of Eurasia and offers a new perspective of Eurasian globalization by pivoting on China's role in both Phase 1 and Phase 3 of globalization. The paper uses historical literature that has been not only critical of the Eurocentric view of the world but also provides a more connected view of global history. Concurring with Steger and James [2019. Globalization matters. Cambridge University Press] that globalization has not outlived its utility, the paper seeks to historicize and globalize the discussion of globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese Communist Party has unleashed a campaign of repression against Turkic minorities residing in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). This campaign does not stop at China's borders. This study introduces the Transnational Repression of Uyghurs Dataset, which contains 7108 cases of Uyghurs being targeted in 44 states from 1997 to 2021, the largest public dataset on transnational repression published to date. Unlike other regimes, the Chinese state has been indiscriminate in its persecution, often pursuing apolitical diaspora members on account of their ethnicity rather than political activism. China's transnational repression of Uyghurs has expanded rapidly in recent years as domestic repression has increased in XUAR. We documented 238 incidents from 1997 to 2014, and an additional 6870 events since 2014. The paper argues that globalization is producing a new trend of transnational minority persecution, offering new insights for our understanding of twenty-first century genocides and minority persecution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the methods adopted by Wal-Mart to cater to local cultures in China. This analysis draws on glocalization, a concept that refers to the interaction of the global and the local, or the incorporation of local elements into global products and/or services. This paper is important for two reasons. First, glocalization, in and of itself, has the capacity to enhance scholarly understanding of globalization with reference to global agency and cultural differentiation. Second, not only is China a nation where Wal-Mart had to glocalize the most; China is also the fastest growing market in the world. So, this analysis can bring fresh insights into today's reality of globalization processes. One of the consequences of Wal-Mart's strategy of glocalization is that it contributes to its status of 'cathedral of consumption' even more. A cathedral of consumption refers to an incomparable magnitude of global success (achieved by a major corporation) that gives birth to a consumer religion and a display of abundance and excess. Este articulo examina los metodos adoptados por Wal-Mart para satisfacer a las culturas locales en China. Este analisis se basa en la glocalizacion, un concepto que se refiere a la interaccion entre lo global y lo local, o a la incorporacion de elementos locales dentro de los productos o servicios globales. Este articulo es importante por dos razones. Primero, la glocalizacion en si, tiene la capacidad de mejorar la nocion academica de la globalizacion, con referencia a la agencia global y a la diferenciacion cultural. Segundo, China no solo es una nacion donde Wal-Mart tuvo que glocalizarse en mayor grado; sino que ademas es el mercado de mayor crecimiento en el mundo. Asi, este analisis puede traer un conocimiento fresco a la realidad actual de los procesos de globalizacion. Una de las consecuencias de la estrategia de glocalizacion de Wal-Mart es que contribuye mas aun a su estado de “catedral de consumo”. Una catedral de consumo se refiere a una magnitud incomparable de exito global (lograda por una corporacion mayor) que da vida a una religion de consumidor y a un despliegue de abundancia y exceso. [image omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I address the Chinese project of the New Silk Road and discuss its utopian character. I analyse the origin of meanings and values inscribed in the project. In exploring the relationship between the old and new values associated with the New Silk Road, I point to continuities, but also to modifications and innovations. In conclusion, I claim that the Chinese project is a utopia which offers an alternative to the current global order. However, this Chinese utopia is underpinned by the meanings and values of the West’s utopia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]