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African migrants plight in China: Afrophobia impedes China's race for Africa's resources and markets
Die Misere afrikanischer Migranten in China: Afrophobie behindert Chinas Rennen um Afrikas Ressourcen und Märkte
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dc.contributor.authorKohnert, Dirkde
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-17T14:12:14Z
dc.date.available2022-01-17T14:12:14Z
dc.date.issued2022de
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/76840
dc.description.abstractLa discrimination à l'encontre des quelque 500 000 immigrés africains (pour la plupart irréguliers) s'est récemment répandue en Chine. Pendant la pandémie de corona, cela dégénère en une véritable afrophobie. Peu de temps auparavant, cinq Nigérians de Guangzhou auraient été testés positifs pour Covid-19. Les Africains sont largement accusés d'être des trafiquants de drogue et des criminels. En outre, ils mettraient en danger la compétitivité mondiale de la Chine pour les ressources de l'Afrique par le biais du dénigrement médiatiques à l'étranger. Les rapports actuels témoignent du déplacement des migrants africains des maisons et des hôtels de Guangzhou (Canton), où vivent la plupart des Africains. Ils dépendent de réseaux informels, pour la plupart illégaux, pour pouvoir rester dans le pays. Dans les réseaux sociaux en ligne, l'afrophobie et le cyber-racisme sont particulièrement prononcés. Ainsi, le racisme est plus profondément enraciné dans la mentalité de nombreux Chinois qu'on ne le pense généralement. Selon un proverbe chinois traditionnel, le plus grand mal à éviter est "la nation détruite et la race anéantie". En outre, depuis 2005, l'accaparement des terres par des entrepreneurs chinois en Afrique subsaharienne a attiré l'attention de la communauté internationale. Son objectif principal est d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire en Chine et de profiter de la spéculation céréalière internationale. Il a été légitimé racialement dès le départ, avec des slogans tels que, seuls les investissements chinois pouvaient sauver les Africains de leur "paresse" traditionnelle.de
dc.description.abstractDiscrimination against the approximately 500,000 African (mostly irregular) immigrants has recently spread in China. During the corona pandemic, it degenerates into a true Afrophobia. Shortly before, five Nigerians in Guangzhou had reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. Africans are widely accused as drug traffickers and criminals. Also, they would endanger China's global competitiveness for Africa's resources through media baiting abroad. Current reports testify the displacement of African migrants from homes and hotels in Guangzhou (Canton), where most of the Africans live. They are dependent on informal, mostly illegal networks in order to be able to stay in the country. In online social networks Afrophobia as cyber racism is particularly pronounced. Thereby, racism is more deeply rooted in the mentality of many Chinese than is commonly assumed. According to a traditional Chinese proverb, the greatest evil to be avoided is 'the destroyed nation and the annihilated race'. In addition, since 2005 land-grabbing by Chinese entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa arose international attention. Its main purpose is to ensure food security in China and to profit from international grain speculation. It was racially legitimized from the start, with slogans such as, only Chinese investments could save Africans from their traditional 'laziness'. This repeats deeply rooted neo-colonial European prejudices of a 'wild, ahistoric and uncivilized Africa'. The prejudices are still associated with a feeling of racial superiority. The social fabric of China has always embodied essential characteristics of the exclusion of 'foreigners', focused on ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender. The African Union, various African governments and even the United States have sharply criticized Beijing for mistreating migrants, particularly those from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. Racist attacks on Africans in China have an oppressively long tradition, associated with the expansion of bilateral Chinese petty trade in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 2000s and the subsequent influx of African petty traders into China.de
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dc.subject.ddcSozialwissenschaften, Soziologiede
dc.subject.ddcSocial sciences, sociology, anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcInternationale Beziehungende
dc.subject.ddcInternational relationsen
dc.subject.otherChine; Afrique; relations sino-africaines; migration internationale; xénophobie; afrophobie; racisme; violence politique; BRICS; secteur informel; immigration illégale; migration forcée; minorités; envois de fondsde
dc.titleLe sort des migrants africains en Chine: L'afrophobie entrave la course de la Chine pour les ressources et les marchés de l'Afriquede
dc.title.alternativeAfrican migrants plight in China: Afrophobia impedes China's race for Africa's resources and marketsde
dc.title.alternativeDie Misere afrikanischer Migranten in China: Afrophobie behindert Chinas Rennen um Afrikas Ressourcen und Märktede
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dc.publisher.countryDEUde
dc.subject.classozMigrationde
dc.subject.classozMigration, Sociology of Migrationen
dc.subject.classozinternationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitikde
dc.subject.classozInternational Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policyen
dc.subject.thesozChinade
dc.subject.thesozChinaen
dc.subject.thesozAfrika südlich der Saharade
dc.subject.thesozAfrica South of the Saharaen
dc.subject.thesozMinderheitde
dc.subject.thesozminorityen
dc.subject.thesozRassismusde
dc.subject.thesozracismen
dc.subject.thesozpolitische Gewaltde
dc.subject.thesozpolitical violenceen
dc.subject.thesozillegale Einwanderungde
dc.subject.thesozillegal immigrationen
dc.subject.thesozAusländerfeindlichkeitde
dc.subject.thesozxenophobiaen
dc.subject.thesozinformeller Sektorde
dc.subject.thesozinformal sectoren
dc.subject.thesozEinwanderungspolitikde
dc.subject.thesozimmigration policyen
dc.subject.thesozinternationale Beziehungende
dc.subject.thesozinternational relationsen
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