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1、AcknowledgementsMeetingStrangersinaGlobalizedCity:ChineseAttitudestowardBlackAfricans•TheChangJiangScholarLectureProfessorshipfundedinGuangzhou,ChinabyPRCMinistryofEducation&LiKaShingFoundation•SunYat-senUniversity,Guangzhou(WorkinProgress)•WalterandShirleyWangEndowed
2、ChairinUS-ChinaJune2011Relations&Communications,UCLA•PhaseIresearchassistance:YanjunLi,projectmanager,and30graduateandundergraduateinterviewersfromMinZhouSunYat-senUniversityProfessorofSociology&AsianAmericanStudiesWalter&ShirleyWangEndowedChair,UCLA•PhaseIIresearchas
3、sistance:SenyuanLei,projectChangJiangScholarLectureProfessor,SunYat-senUniversitymanagerZhou1Zhou2I.OverviewOutlineA.Thephenomenon•I.Overview•II.Theoreticalconsiderations•III.Researchdesignandmethodology•IV.Preliminaryfindings(PhaseI)•V.NextstepsZhou3Suddensurgeofblac
4、kAfricansinGuangzhouWherearetheyfrom?(Bodomo2009;GASS2008;GPSB2009;Lietal.2007,2009)•BeganaftertheAsianfinancialcrisisin1997•Diverseorigins,mostlyfromtheformerFrenchand•Increasedrapidlysince2001(China’sentrytotheWTO)BritishcoloniesinWestAfrica–2008:Estimatednumbersbet
5、ween50,000and80,000,–Nigeriansbeingthelargestgrouppeakedat120,000-150,000–Maliansthe2nd•Whoarethey?–Ghanaians,the3rd•Nottheusuallot•MostlyIndependentmerchantsandtraders–Guineans,the4th–Predominantlymale(over80%)•ManyothersfromCentralAfrica,suchasCameroon,–Onshort-term
6、visas(10%oftotalshort-termvisas)Congo,Tanzania,andZambia–Manyoverstaytheirvisas(70%ofvisaover-stayers)•MostareeducatedandproficientinEnglishorFrench,–Labeledbythegovernmentas“San-Feiforeigners”(threesomeproficientinChineseillegal–entry,residence,employment)ZhouMapofAf
7、ricaWhatdotheydo?(Bodomo2009;GASS2008;GPSB2009;Lietal.2007,2009;Xu,2010)•ExportofmanufacturedgoodsfromChina:–Clothing,fabrics,textilegoods,shoes–Homeelectronics,furniture,householdgoods–Batteries,motorcycles•Independentmerchantsandtraders–“Suitcase”entrepreneurs–Agent
8、sforexportfirms•Workers(workingforAfricans)•Artists•Languageteachers&privatetutors(workingforlocals)Zhou7WhyGuangzhou?Histor