Vladivostok, Russian Federation
The article analyzes the discourse and practices of interaction between Chinese migrants and representatives of the Russian state in the border region within the framework of the concepts of J. Scott. The author dwells on several cases from the history of this interaction in the Russian Far East in the second half of the XIX and early XX centuries. The author comes to the conclusion that various interpretations of the factual material are possible: in some cases, we can interpret the Chinese's insubordination to the Russian authorities as subordination to the Manchu authorities, in others – as various manifestations of the resistance to any state – "the Art of Not Being Governed". In the texts of the authorities, there is a concern about the lack of subordination of the Chinese, but the presence of this discourse and the efforts of the regional administration to establish control over Asian migrants testify to the process of establishing the subordination of "Zomia" to the state.
"Moral economy", Zazei Manchus, Chinese migrants, Russian Far East, state, authorities, regional administration, Manzov war, Honghuzi
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