In the Dragon's Den: African Traders in Guangzhou

Lyons, Michal; Brown, Alison; Ли, Жан

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2012.668030

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“…Widespread informality has now become a structural characteristic of low-income urban economies and contributes significantly to GDP (ILO, 2007b:8;Lyons et al, 2008;Lyons & Brown, 2009a). The term informal economy covers a diverse range of activity and production units.…”

Section: Informality Poverty and Vulnerability In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The forces of globalization that have opened new arteries of international trade are reflected in the street economies of developing country cities (Kaplinsky et al, 2002;Lyons & Brown, 2009a). Far from the common perception that the informal economy is survivalist -an outlet for local agricultural produce or manufacture -street traders and other informal workers are now inextricably linked to global systems of exchange, making them vulnerable to economic collapse.…”

Section: Agendas For Changementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Unless city governments can capture some of the revenue generated from informal businesses to invest in public services, they will be unable to provide the public goods such as functioning infrastructure and uncorrupt policing that provide the stability for lowincome livelihoods to thrive. Evidence suggests that evictions and lack of a secure trading space are the key factors that threaten informal enterprises (Lyons & Brown, 2009a, 2009b.…”

Section: Agendas For Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Requiem for Stability: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the World's Working Poor

Brown

2010

International Planning Studies

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The global financial crisis of summer 2008 rocked markets throughout the world. Evidence of its impact on the urban working poor is only just emerging but is likely to be profound. The paper challenges the accepted argument that globalization and economic growth is good for poverty reduction, arguing that the resulting increase in vulnerability of the urban poor in informal work outweighs the gains of growth. Despite early predictions that low-income economies might avoid the worst impacts of recession, emerging evidence indicates that this is not the case. Evidence from global activists suggests that the fall in price of goods and reduced employment opportunities for the very poor are acute. Urban planners need to seek new economic paradigms that recognize the contribution of informal economy to development, and adopt parallel ground-level initiatives to protect jobs and livelihoods during this crisis period. Urban VoicesWe collect paper refuse from the streets. Every day each one collects at least one sack, and we used to sell these for Rps75 each. Now we only get Rps35 for sack. How can we live with this money? (Waste picker, Ahmedabad, India; interview, January 2009) Every year my sister in Boston sends US$200 at Christmas which I use to do small business selling food in the market. This year she only sent US$50 because she's lost her job. It's harder for me to pay the school fees and buy clothes for my children. (Market trader, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Oxfam, March 2009) Our factory supplied jackets to famous brand companies. In the peak time, the factory employed more than a thousand workers. There were less than 200 staying behind after the retrenchment last year. There was no order placement.

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Section: Informality Poverty and Vulnerability In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Agendas For Changementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Agendas For Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Requiem for Stability: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the World's Working Poor

Brown

2010

International Planning Studies

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“…Various scholars have documented different groups of African migrants' adaptive strategies in response to China's stringent visa policy and abuse of power by the police (Lyons, Brown, and Zhigang 2012;. Lyons, Brown, and Li (2012) note the key role of the local state in contributing to the "prosperity" and "collapse" of the African enclave in Guangzhou.…”

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Transnational business and family strategies among Chinese/Nigerian couples in Guangzhou and Lagos

Lan

2015

Asian Anthropology

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Guangzhou and Lagos, this paper explores transnational trade activities and family strategies among Chinese/Nigerian interracial couples in the context of growing China/Africa trade relations and the recent tightening of China's immigration control. It examines how restrictive immigration policy at the state level and anti-black racism at the personal level impact romantic and marriage relations between undocumented Nigerian men and Chinese migrant women from less developed regions in China. I argue that the transnational business and family strategies envisioned and practiced by these couples reflect both the structural constraints in their incorporation into local Chinese society, and their active quest for economic prosperity and upward mobility in the global economy.

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“…In this paper, I shall briefly examine the role of Diaspora Africans in China and Diaspora Chinese in Africa with the aim of finding out if these diaspora groups can contribute to the development of Africa-China relations. There are now more than two million Chinese in Africa and half a million Africans in China; and many academic studies including journal articles, books and theses have already been produced on Africans in China (examples include : Bodomo 2009: Bodomo , 2010: Bodomo , 2012: Bodomo , 2013a: Bodomo and b, 2014Bredeloup 2012;Bork et al 2011;Castillo 2014;Cissé 2013;Hall et al 2014;Han 2013;Haugen 2011Haugen , 2012Haugen , 2013Lan 2014;Li et al 2009Li et al , 2012Lyons et al 2008Lyons et al , 2012Lyons et al , 2013McLaughlin 2014;Pieke 2012) and on Chinese in Africa (for example : Park 2008;Mohan and Lampert 2013;Sautman and Yan 2014).…”

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African soft power in China

Bodomo

2015

AEAA

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This paper comprises an account of outstanding performance by some Africans living in China in the practice of their professions, in their studies, in public service, and in their general interaction with the Chinese people and the Chinese state. The paper argues that these activities, recognised as outstanding by the Chinese and widely reported in the Chinese and international media, constitute the building blocks of African soft power in China. The consequences of this argumentation include the fact that if the governments of Africa and China want to promote peopleto-people relations in the third decade of 21 st Century Africa-China relations under the aegis of the Forum for Africa-China Cooperation (FOCAC), more of such activities by diaspora Africans in China and diaspora Chinese in Africa must be recognised, promoted, rewarded, and institutionalised within the formal FOCAC framework. 77

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In the Dragon's Den: African Traders in Guangzhou

Cited by 47 publications

References 32 publications

Requiem for Stability: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the World's Working Poor

Requiem for Stability: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the World's Working Poor

Transnational business and family strategies among Chinese/Nigerian couples in Guangzhou and Lagos

African soft power in China

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