Jinpu Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jinpu Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jinpu |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0572-9912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Informational Seam‐Work
How do subordinate populations produce collective knowledge when the act of creating and circulating information is criminalized? This paper examines how Chinese migrants navigating the “zouxian” (走线) route, irregular migration from China through Latin America to the United States, collectively produce, verify, and circulate critical information under conditions of evolving digital surveillance and shifting US immigration policy. Drawing on multi…
Plague, Food, and Freedom
Hurdles” or “lubricants”
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana and China between 2016 and 2022, this paper provides a sociological analysis of how new Chinese migrants in Ghana, and more generally in Sub‐Saharan Africa, navigate their social and economic integration into the host society by dealing with petty corruption in everyday life. This article examines how similarities and discrepancies in corruption norms contribute to “cultural matching” and cultural confli…
Climbing up a new ladder'-drivers and aspirations of Chinese new migrants in Ghana
The rapid growth of Chinese migrants in Africa since the 1990s has sparked much academic research and debate. Drawing on qualitative data gathered between 2016-2019, this article aims to examine the relationships between the experiences of Chinese new migrants in Ghana and social changes in reform-era China. China’s state-led institutional reforms and market transition have significantly altered the social stratification order, opportunity struct…
Nationalism and heroism with Chinese characteristics
Intense controversy has surrounded the expressions of nationalism and stereotypes of African nations in the successful Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior II (2017). In the context of the strained U.S.–China relationship and China’s expansive economic development in the Global South, a new heroic screen trope of ‘China in Africa’ has emerged, one that borrows from earlier forms of nationalism in Chinese cinema. This article argues that, far from mer…
Nationalism, overseas Chinese state and the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana
This study aims at investigating the role of the expanding overseas Chinese state in the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana. It focuses especially on the manifestation of the ideology of Chinese nationalism in the migrants’ living experience. Data analyzed in this study are primarily drawn from extensive interviews with private entrepreneurs, employees of Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese Embassy …
Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers
ObjectiveThis investigation examined the association between intergenerational religious activities in adolescence and provision of assistance to older mothers up to 45 years later.BackgroundGuided by perspectives of the life course and intergenerational solidarity, this research tested whether children's early religious participation with mothers predicted the amount of assistance children later provided, whether mothers' disability and widowhoo…
Nationalism and heroism with Chinese characteristics
Intense controversy has surrounded the expressions of nationalism and stereotypes of African nations in the successful Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior II (2017). In the context of the strained U.S.–China relationship and China’s expansive economic development in the Global South, a new heroic screen trope of ‘China in Africa’ has emerged, one that borrows from earlier forms of nationalism in Chinese cinema. This article argues that, far from mer…
Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers
ObjectiveThis investigation examined the association between intergenerational religious activities in adolescence and provision of assistance to older mothers up to 45 years later.BackgroundGuided by perspectives of the life course and intergenerational solidarity, this research tested whether children's early religious participation with mothers predicted the amount of assistance children later provided, whether mothers' disability and widowhoo…
Hurdles” or “lubricants”
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana and China between 2016 and 2022, this paper provides a sociological analysis of how new Chinese migrants in Ghana, and more generally in Sub‐Saharan Africa, navigate their social and economic integration into the host society by dealing with petty corruption in everyday life. This article examines how similarities and discrepancies in corruption norms contribute to “cultural matching” and cultural confli…
Climbing up a new ladder'-drivers and aspirations of Chinese new migrants in Ghana
The rapid growth of Chinese migrants in Africa since the 1990s has sparked much academic research and debate. Drawing on qualitative data gathered between 2016-2019, this article aims to examine the relationships between the experiences of Chinese new migrants in Ghana and social changes in reform-era China. China’s state-led institutional reforms and market transition have significantly altered the social stratification order, opportunity struct…
Nationalism, overseas Chinese state and the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana
This study aims at investigating the role of the expanding overseas Chinese state in the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana. It focuses especially on the manifestation of the ideology of Chinese nationalism in the migrants’ living experience. Data analyzed in this study are primarily drawn from extensive interviews with private entrepreneurs, employees of Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese Embassy …
Nationalism, overseas Chinese state and the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana
This study aims at investigating the role of the expanding overseas Chinese state in the construction of ‘Chineseness’ among Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Ghana. It focuses especially on the manifestation of the ideology of Chinese nationalism in the migrants’ living experience. Data analyzed in this study are primarily drawn from extensive interviews with private entrepreneurs, employees of Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese Embassy …
Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers
ObjectiveThis investigation examined the association between intergenerational religious activities in adolescence and provision of assistance to older mothers up to 45 years later.BackgroundGuided by perspectives of the life course and intergenerational solidarity, this research tested whether children's early religious participation with mothers predicted the amount of assistance children later provided, whether mothers' disability and widowhoo…
Nationalism and heroism with Chinese characteristics
Intense controversy has surrounded the expressions of nationalism and stereotypes of African nations in the successful Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior II (2017). In the context of the strained U.S.–China relationship and China’s expansive economic development in the Global South, a new heroic screen trope of ‘China in Africa’ has emerged, one that borrows from earlier forms of nationalism in Chinese cinema. This article argues that, far from mer…
Climbing up a new ladder'-drivers and aspirations of Chinese new migrants in Ghana
The rapid growth of Chinese migrants in Africa since the 1990s has sparked much academic research and debate. Drawing on qualitative data gathered between 2016-2019, this article aims to examine the relationships between the experiences of Chinese new migrants in Ghana and social changes in reform-era China. China’s state-led institutional reforms and market transition have significantly altered the social stratification order, opportunity struct…
Hurdles” or “lubricants”
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana and China between 2016 and 2022, this paper provides a sociological analysis of how new Chinese migrants in Ghana, and more generally in Sub‐Saharan Africa, navigate their social and economic integration into the host society by dealing with petty corruption in everyday life. This article examines how similarities and discrepancies in corruption norms contribute to “cultural matching” and cultural confli…
Plague, Food, and Freedom
Informational Seam‐Work
How do subordinate populations produce collective knowledge when the act of creating and circulating information is criminalized? This paper examines how Chinese migrants navigating the “zouxian” (走线) route, irregular migration from China through Latin America to the United States, collectively produce, verify, and circulate critical information under conditions of evolving digital surveillance and shifting US immigration policy. Drawing on multi…
China (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)