Contextualising Chinese Migration to Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2308563
AutoresJonathan Sullivan (0000-0001-7275-6737, University of Nottingham, autor de correspondencia), Jing Cheng (0000-0003-4497-3464, Xidian University)
Año2018
Volumen53
Número8
Páginas1173-1187
Fecha de publicación2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909618776443
OpenAlexW2806838552
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas50

Who are 'the Chinese' in Africa? Why are they there? As China's engagement with African countries intensifies, and the size of the Chinese population in Africa increases, these questions have elicited substantial attention. Many attempts to provide answers, especially in the media and popular publications, are problematically based on uninformed stereotypes and undifferentiated notions of 'the Chinese', by implication a homogeneous group lacking contextualisation. Seeking to address such characterisations, this paper uses the digital communications of present and prospective Chinese migrants to provide a more nuanced picture of the motivations, preoccupations and migration experiences of private entrepreneurs and state-owned enterprise workers

China · Homogeneous · Political science · Population · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Global Influence and Migration · Demography · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights