Rethinking Authority in China’’s Border Regime: Regulating the Irregular

Governments increasingly become aware of irregular immigration and are forced to re-negotiate the dilemma of open but secure borders, this book investigates the Chinese government’s response to this phenomenon. Hence, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Chinese border regime.

Franziska Plümmer currently works as a senior researcher at MPIL researching the role of Chinese technology companies in European data regulation and ’critical’ infrastructure provision. Before joining the MPIL, she had worked as a lecturer at the Universities of Tübingen and Vienna. Generally, her research lies at the intersection of International Relations, Critical Security Studies and China Studies focusing on mobility of migrants and data across borders.