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Living in a Globalized World: Ethnic Minorities in the Greater Mekong Subregion Literature Written by a former seniorEdited by Don McCaskill, Prasit Leepreecha, and He Shaoying Indigenous peoples in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan (in China) live in a region of massive change, fuelled by the rise of China, the end of war or sanctions, open door policies, and regional integration. Policies aimed at minorities or developing upland areas, as well as transformations wrought by migration, highways, hydropower, the Internet and other media, and tourism are all