An edition of The world in Guangzhou
(2017)
The world in Guangzhou
Africans and other foreigners in south China's global marketplace
by Gordon Mathews
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World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace
2017, University of Chicago Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
What this book is about
Impressions of Guangzhou
A brief history of foreigners in Guangzhou
Foreign places in Guangzhou
How this book's research was done
Foreigners in Guangzhou
"The Chinese dream": stories of eight foreigners
Rich foreigner, poor foreigner
Race and money
Foreign communities: Japanese and Nigerians
The power of rumor
Foreigners' attitudes toward China and Chinese
African-Chinese relations
African traders in Guangzhou: an overview
Business deception and cheating
Quarrels between Africans and Chinese
Chinese views of Africans
African views of Chinese
Low-end globalization
Low-end globalization/high-end globalization
How low-end globalization works: sourcing, money, copies, and customs
Accounts of low-end globalization
Low-end globalization's circuits
Legal-illegal in Guangzhou
Paths, legal and illegal
Visa and passport worries, jail and deportation
Police
Accounts of overstayers and friends
Logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers
Logistics agents
Middleman
Cultural brokers
Accounts of logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers
Religion in a foreign world
"I believe in god but Chinese believe in gold"
Islam in comparison to Christianity
Christian churches
Accounts of religious seekers
Religion: implications
Romance, love, marriage, and families: a Chinese Barack Obama?
"African Chinese"
The travails of Chinese-African romantic relationships
Children
Accounts of marriages
Conclusion: the larger significance of Africans in China.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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