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Of Other Spaces? Hybrid Forms of Chinese Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hybride Formen chinesischen Engagements im subsaharischen Afrika
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Dittgen, Romain
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| Abstract | "Chinese economic activities in Africa have gained increased visibility in parallel to the recent acceleration of Sino-African relations. This paper, which is framed from a geographical perspective that is often absent or neglected in studies covering China-Africa, focuses on the spatial forms and dynamics. It depicts the way in which two contrasting Chinese economic entities - a state-owned company in Chad and privately owned commercial malls in Johannesburg, South Africa - engage with their respective host environments. While drawing on concepts of 'liminality' as well as 'heterotopias', I argue that the modalities of the Chinese footprint are characterised both by closure and interaction, creating a dynamic tension that produces its own set of unique practices. This ambivalence between enclave and active linkages with host societies is not only perceivable from a spatial point of view, but also emerges with regard to economic strategies. In the midst of a transitional period, along with a launching and a consolidating phase, the Chinese economic entities in both case studies show signs of change in terms of behaviour and territorial foothold." (author's abstract) |
| Thesaurusschlagwörter | China; involvement; international relations; Africa; economic relations; foreign investment; shopping center; developing country; Far East |
| Klassifikation | internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik |
| Sprache Dokument | Deutsch |
| Publikationsjahr | 2015 |
| Seitenangabe | S. 43-73 |
| Zeitschriftentitel | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 1 |
| Heftthema | The Chinese presence in Africa: a learning process |
| ISSN | 1868-1026 |
| Status | Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed) |
| Lizenz | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Keine Bearbeitung |
