Category: Africans in China
[Controversy] Chinese museum accused of racism over photos pairing Africans with animals
People are going crazy over this: A museum in China has removed an exhibit this week that juxtaposed photographs of animals withContinue Reading
[Research] African entrepreneurs have made Guangzhou a truly global city
By Gordon Mathews for qz Africa There are certain cities in certain eras that stand out as magnets for thoseContinue Reading
[Documentary] A new documentary shows how wrong China is about its African immigrants
By Lily Kuo for QZ.com Kingsley Azieh Che, from Cameroon, is known around Guangzhou as the “King of suits.” HeContinue Reading
[Media Reports] ‘China has an irrational fear of a “black invasion” bringing drugs, crime, and interracial marriage’
By Joanna Chiu for QZ.com Earlier this month in Beijing, amid the pomp of China’s annual rubber-stamp parliament meetings, a politician proudlyContinue Reading
[Media Reports] ‘Africans in Guangzhou’ on Chinese (global) television
CGTN, or the ‘new’ face of CCTV, just came up with a short series of clips covering African presence inContinue Reading
[Research] Visualizing the transnational connections of China’s most African neighbourhood
By Jørgen Carling for Environment and Planning The vast literature on transnationalism has primarily been concerned with people, practices, and social fields.Continue Reading