Clare Xiaoqian Wan
Biographic Data
| ID | 914612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Xiaoqian Wan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare Xiaoqian |
| FAMILY NAME | Wan |
| SIGNATURE | WAN C X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3071-5560 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The cultural foundation of African Chinese trading networks
This article explores the complex interactions between Chinese suppliers and African traders in China, who form economic partnerships by negotiating their cultural perceptions of each other. The study is based on ethnographic research conducted in Yiwu, a major trading hub in China that attracts a significant number of African traders. It highlights how cross-cultural trading alters the local market's cultural foundation towards a hybrid form. Fu…
Diaspora by another name
By examining China’s refugee policies from 1949 to 1982, this article demonstrates how the Chinese state redefined “return” and “refugee” to serve shifting political objectives. While China is often perceived as a source, rather than a host, of asylum seekers, it hosted over 320,000 displaced migrants—primarily ethnic Chinese from Southeast Asia—during the Cold War. Through a systematic discourse analysis of 382 People’s Daily articles, we identi…
Divergent governance over African communities in two Chinese cities
This article examines the different approaches to governing sub-Saharan African traders in urban China due to varying urban growth strategies. Over the past two decades, an increasing number of African migrants have settled in Chinese cities, primarily Guangzhou and Yiwu, to run businesses focused on exports. However, they have been treated differently by local governments. The Guangzhou government's goal of attaining global city status has resul…
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Divergent governance over African communities in two Chinese cities
This article examines the different approaches to governing sub-Saharan African traders in urban China due to varying urban growth strategies. Over the past two decades, an increasing number of African migrants have settled in Chinese cities, primarily Guangzhou and Yiwu, to run businesses focused on exports. However, they have been treated differently by local governments. The Guangzhou government's goal of attaining global city status has resul…
Diaspora by another name
By examining China’s refugee policies from 1949 to 1982, this article demonstrates how the Chinese state redefined “return” and “refugee” to serve shifting political objectives. While China is often perceived as a source, rather than a host, of asylum seekers, it hosted over 320,000 displaced migrants—primarily ethnic Chinese from Southeast Asia—during the Cold War. Through a systematic discourse analysis of 382 People’s Daily articles, we identi…
The cultural foundation of African Chinese trading networks
This article explores the complex interactions between Chinese suppliers and African traders in China, who form economic partnerships by negotiating their cultural perceptions of each other. The study is based on ethnographic research conducted in Yiwu, a major trading hub in China that attracts a significant number of African traders. It highlights how cross-cultural trading alters the local market's cultural foundation towards a hybrid form. Fu…
China's Global Influence and Migration (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 work) · Business (1 work) · China (1 work) · China-Africa trade (1 work) · Cold war (1 work)