The African Trading Community in Guangzhou: An Emerging Bridge for Africa-China Relations
The African Trading Community in Guangzhou: An Emerging Bridge for Africa-China Relations
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DOI：
10.1017/s0305741010000664
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Bodomo, Adams
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作者：
Bodomo, Adams
本文分析了广州新兴的非洲贸易共同体--中国。有人认为，像这样的移民社区是来源地社区和收容国社区之间的语言、文化和经济桥梁，即使在移民限制和违规等事件造成的紧张局势中也是如此。通过问卷调查和采访，建立了这个社区的社会语言和社会文化概况，以解决非洲人为什么去广州，代表哪些非洲国家，那里说什么语言，非洲人和中国人之间如何交流，在广州的非洲人对中国经济做出了什么社会经济贡献，以及国家如何应对非洲人的存在等问题。根据这个社区是非洲中国关系的桥梁的论点，建议中国和非洲政府都应该努力消除这个社区中许多广州执法官员对成员的骚扰，而是利用这个社区的贡献来促进非洲中国的社会经济关系。
This article analyses an emerging African trading community in Guangzhou, China. It is argued that migrant communities such as this one act as linguistic, cultural and economic bridges between their source communities and their host communities, even in the midst of tensions created by incidents such as immigration restrictions and irregularities. Sociolinguistic and socio-cultural profiles of this community are built, through questionnaire surveys and interviews, to address issues such as why Africans go to Guangzhou, which African countries are represented, what languages are spoken there, how communication takes place between Africans and Chinese, what socio-economic contributions Africans in Guangzhou are making to the Chinese economy, and how the state reacts to this African presence. Following from the argument that this community acts as a bridge for Africa China relations it is suggested that both the Chinese and the African governments should work towards eliminating the harassment of members in this community by many Guangzhou law enforcement officials and instead harness the contributions of this community to promote Africa China socio-economic relations.