The World in Guangzhou – Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace: Gordon Mathews
Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a placeContinue Reading
Everything about African presence in China in 500 posts
Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a placeContinue Reading
There are two kinds of belongings to a country, base on ethnic identity or civic identity. In this thought-provoking talk,Continue Reading
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
By Gordon Mathews for qz Africa There are certain cities in certain eras that stand out as magnets for thoseContinue Reading
Gordon Mathews (2016). Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.
Foreign Lives in a Globalising City: Africans in Guangzhou Special issue on ‘Africans in Guangzhou’ guest edited by anthropologist, GordonContinue Reading
By Gordon Mathews, Dan Lin and Yang Yang (2014) City and Society.
Over the last two years, I have received several emails asking me for resources and bibliography about Africans in China,Continue Reading