Chinese migrants and African development : new imperialists or agents of change? / Giles Mohan, Ben Lampert, May Tan-Mullins and Daphne Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohan, Giles, 1966- author.

Lampert, Ben, author.

Tan-Mullins, May, author.

Chang, Daphne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Chinese--Africa.

Foreign workers, Chinese.

Africa--Economic conditions.

Africa.

Africa--Foreign economic relations--China.

China--Foreign economic relations--Africa.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China's recent stepping up of relations with Africa is one of the most significant developments on the African continent for decades. For some it promises an end to Africa's dependent aid relationships as the Chinese bring expertise, technology, and a stronger business focus. But for others it is no more than a new form of imperialism. This book is the first to systematically study the motivations, relationships, and impact of this migration. It focuses not just on the Chinese migrants but also on the perceptions of, and linkages to, their African 'hosts'. By studying this everyday interaction we get a much richer picture of whether this is South-South cooperation, as the political leaders would have us believe, or a more complex relationship that can both compromise and encourage African development.

Contents:

Front cover

About the authors

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Abbreviations

1 The Chinese in Africa: migration and development beyondthe West

Introduction: African globalization and the emergence of China in Africa

The state of knowledge and the book's themes

Table 1.1 Estimates of the number of Chinese people in selected African countries

Theories of 'South-South' migration

Methodology: qualitative, quantitative and comparative

Map 1.1 African case study countries and fieldwork locations

Outline argument and structure

2 China's opening up: internationalization, liberalization andemigration

Introduction

China meets Africa: early contact and the 'coolie trade'

Conflict, revolution and closure: the rise of Communist China

China's opening: liberalization and the 'new' Chinese migration

Conclusion

Table 2.1 Typologies of Chinese migrants in Africa

3 Africa as opportunity: Chinese interests, motives and aspirations

'China-in-Africa': state interests and geopolitical drivers

Africa as frontier: economic opportunities at the edge of globalization

Broadening horizons: self-development and the desire for global experience

4 Chinese socio-economic life in Africa: networks and realities

Chinese business organization in Africa: from ethnic networks to local embeddedness

Ethnic affinity and its limits: Chinese community organization and social life in Africa

Struggling for success: the mixed fortunes of Chinese migrants in Africa

5 Constructing the other: narratives of tension and conflictin Sino-African encounters

Migration, integration and marginalization

Tension and conflict I: Chinese migrants versus crime and corruption.

Tension and conflict II: Chinese traders versus African traders and manufacturers

Tension and conflict III: Chinese and African bosses versus African and Chinese workers

6 Building bridges: towards conviviality, cooperation and mutual benefit in Sino-African encounters

Conviviality in context

Destabilizing the divide: nuancing accounts of tension, conflict and difference in Sino-African encounters

Building bridges: towards conviviality, cooperation and mutual benefit

7 Conclusion: everyday Sino-African encounters and the potential for African development

Key themes and contribution

Emerging trends, gaps in our knowledge and policy implications

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 17, 2014).

ISBN:

9781350219144

1350219142

9781780329185

1780329180

OCLC:

881453839