Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rjbs20 Download by: [T&F Internal Users], [Anna Thompson] Date: 22 January 2016, At: 01:06 Journal of Borderlands Studies ISSN: 0886-5655 (Print) 2159-1229 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjbs20 Taking Copies from China Past Customs: Routines, Risks, and the Possibility of Catastrophe Gordon Mathews To cite this article: Gordon Mathews (2015) Taking Copies from China Past Customs: Routines, Risks, and the Possibility of Catastrophe, Journal of Borderlands Studies, 30:3, 423-435 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2015.1068210 Published online: 29 Jul 2015. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 20 View related articles View Crossmark data