The world in Guangzhou
Subtitle: Africans and other foreigners in south China's global marketplace
By: Gordon Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang
Contributors: Lin, Linessa Dan, author; Yang, Yang, 1987 March 17- author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780226506074; 9780226506104
Subjects: Business enterprises; Africans; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What this book is about; title: Impressions of Guangzhou; title: A brief history of foreigners in Guangzhou; title: Foreign places in Guangzhou; title: How this book's research was done; title: Foreigners in Guangzhou; title: "The Chinese dream": stories of eight foreigners; title: Rich foreigner, poor foreigner; title: Race and money; title: Foreign communities: Japanese and Nigerians; title: The power of rumor; title: Foreigners' attitudes toward China and Chinese; title: African-Chinese relations; title: African traders in Guangzhou: an overview; title: Business deception and cheating; title: Quarrels between Africans and Chinese; title: Chinese views of Africans; title: African views of Chinese; title: Low-end globalization; title: Low-end globalization/high-end globalization; title: How low-end globalization works: sourcing, money, copies, and customs; title: Accounts of low-end globalization; title: Low-end globalization's circuits; title: Legal-illegal in Guangzhou; title: Paths, legal and illegal; title: Visa and passport worries, jail and deportation; title: Police; title: Accounts of overstayers and friends; title: Logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers; title: Logistics agents; title: Middleman; title: Cultural brokers; title: Accounts of logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers; title: Religion in a foreign world; title: "I believe in god but Chinese believe in gold"; title: Islam in comparison to Christianity; title: Christian churches; title: Accounts of religious seekers; title: Religion: implications; title: Romance, love, marriage, and families: a Chinese Barack Obama?; title: "African Chinese"; title: The travails of Chinese-African romantic relationships; title: Children; title: Accounts of marriages; title: Conclusion: the larger significance of Africans in China.