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@article{ Dittgen2015, title = {Of Other Spaces? Hybrid Forms of Chinese Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa}, author = {Dittgen, Romain}, journal = {Journal of Current Chinese Affairs}, number = {1}, pages = {43-73}, volume = {44}, year = {2015}, issn = {1868-1026}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-8151}, 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)}, keywords = {China; China; Engagement; involvement; internationale Beziehungen; international relations; Afrika; Africa; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen; economic relations; Auslandsinvestition; foreign investment; Einkaufszentrum; shopping center; Entwicklungsland; developing country; Ostasien; Far East}}