Category: Africans in Guangzhou
BBC World Service: When Africa meets China
Linda Yueh uncovers the trend of Africans moving to live in China.
The lives and times of Africans in Guangzhou
By Lina Benabdallah for Africa is a country The film ‘Guangzhou Dream Factory’ is a rich account of the complexitiesContinue Reading
Policing Blacks in Guangzhou: How Public Security Constructs Africans as Sanfei
By Guangzhi Huang for Modern China This article looks at the role of Guangzhou’s Public Security Bureau in constructing Africans in the cityContinue Reading
[Book Review] The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace
It’s not Shanghai. It’s Guangzhou that is China’s new New York. The southern Chinese megalopolis is the 21st-century “land ofContinue Reading
[Podcast] Black Panther sparks debate over anti-black racism in China
Podcast from The China Africa Project. The Marvel superhero blockbuster Black Panther generated a respectable $100 million at the Chinese boxContinue 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




