In May 2011, two weeks before I was scheduled to start research in the region, a Mongol herder named Mergen was hit by a mining truck while protecting his pastureland in Xilingol, Inner Mongolia. He was dragged 140 feet and killed. His death sparked a month of protests. It was not the first or last … Continue reading Migratory Labor for Extractive Industries Creating “Sons of Soil” Conflict in China