从人类学眼光看民族国家和新殖民主义是学界近来的前沿动向之一。通过对芝加哥大学和瓦萨大学的人类学家凯利夫妇的专访,以斐济个案为例,呈现了与此相关的问题和观点。文中论及的区域虽集中于南亚和环太平洋群岛国家与地区,但对反观中国问题不无借鉴意义。 From an anthropological perspective, the nation-state and neo-colonialism are one of the most recent trends in the field. Through an interview with the Kelly couple, an anthropologist at the University of Chicago and Vaasa University, taking the case of Fiji as an example, they present the relevant issues and points of view. Although the regions covered in this paper are concentrated in South Asia and the Pacific Rim countries and regions, they are not without reference to China.