Africa and China: New Engagements, New Research

Monson, Jamie; Rupp, Stephanie

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“…Chinese projects in Africa have been portrayed as ''elitist and enclaved, with limited local consultation" (Mohan, 2013, p. v), even if some of these depictions resemble ''flattened caricatures of rapacious Chinese, prone to ''neo-colonialism"" (Chari, 2015, p. 83). Rupp (2008) and Monson and Rupp (2013), however, remind us that such social expectations of the Chinese ''other" are rarely fixed but rather actively shaped and constantly in flux. The Chinese population in Ghana, in urban and rural areas, is also fragmented and in flux, with divisions along the lines of class and geographic origin (Ho, 2008).…”

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Shifting Discourses of Vilification and the Taming of Unruly Mining Landscapes in Ghana

Tschakert

2016

World Development

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This paper explores the expulsion of >4,500 Chinese diggers and operators from Ghana's central gold mining areas during a series of raids and swoops enacted through military, immigration, and police and intelligence forces in 2013, arguably to conceal the state's own failure to sanitize and revitalize a stagnant and neglected artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM) sector. I draw upon feminist social theory and political ecology to unravel processes of social exclusion that legitimated violent action against a social group rendered both invisible and wholly othered within a remarkably short period of time. The discursive production of less-than-human mining subjects-first the Ghanaian galamsey miners, then the Chinese operators-enables a highly politicized landscapes of power characterized by authoritative ordering of unruly mining spaces. The ''making" of demonized, unworthy Chinese miners epitomized the forceful disciplining of these spaces in the absence of more inclusive and genuine development policies. Observed processes of subject-making seem to propagate the sector's informality and perpetuate the distance from the state's idealized depiction of a responsible modern miner. The case study demonstrates that exclusion and exploitation of those targeted as not belonging nourishes elite capture and pervasive rent-seeking. Understanding the processes of subjection at work further suggests that better regulation of ASM in itself will be insufficient to move beyond the current impasse and support true partnerships and genuine politics of recognition and belonging.

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Shifting Discourses of Vilification and the Taming of Unruly Mining Landscapes in Ghana

Tschakert

2016

World Development

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“…Thousands of scholarly books, reports and articles have been written on Sino-African relations. Yet virtually absent, even from some of the more subject-inclusive Sino-African literature surveys written over the last decade (e.g., Li 2005 andSimbao 2012;Monson and Rupp 2013;Monson 2016), are works reflecting on Chinese and African philosophical concepts. It could be surmised from this virtual absence that SARS has made little topical or theoretical impact on Sino-African relations studies.…”

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Sino-African Philosophy: A Re-“Constructive Engagement”

Dottin¹

2019

Comp. Philos.

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"Constructive-Engagement" is a meta-philosophical and metamethodological "strategy" suggested by Chinese and comparative philosophy scholar Bo Mou for analyzing and enriching philosophical exchange. In this paper, I will use this strategy towards an end, on a scale, and with a topic not attempted before. I will use it as a "template" for redesigning a poorly developing area of cross-cultural comparison I call Sino-African reflective studies (SARS). My goal in this work-in-progress is to design a plan for reconstituting SARS as Sino-African philosophy (SAP), an inclusive yet coherent field of research and innovation unified through organizing principles. I will design the overhaul of SARS in three stages. First, by surveying SARS for its basic features including its structural flaws. Second, by remapping SARS in line with "renovation" principles drawn from its literature. Third, by blueprinting SARS in line with "construction" principles theorized from the constructive-engagement strategy (CES).

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“…Building on the sceptics' perspective, subsequent research delves further into the diverse forms of capital and actors going abroad from China and their variegated influences in a specific African context (Monson & Rupp, 2013). While a strong party-state is widely recognized as the primary driver of China's overseas activities (Yeung & Liu, 2008), recent research has revealed increasingly divergent and conflictual interests among state institutions in foreign investment decision-making and implementation (Breslin, 2013;Corkin, 2011).…”

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Chinese–African encounters in high‐tech sectors: Comparative investigation of Chinese workplace regimes in Ethiopia

Fei

Samatar

Liao

2017

Development Policy Review

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Studies on China–Africa co‐operation have revealed increasing diversification of China's on‐the‐ground practices in Africa. However, engaged research has yet to examine the situated experiences of Chinese and African individuals whose activities shape and are shaped by Chinese multinationals, especially those in the growing yet underexplored high‐tech sectors. To address this gap, this article investigates the workplace regimes of two Chinese companies in Ethiopia. Using a mixed‐method approach, it articulates the contradictory nature of Chinese investment and its diverse manifestations in work relations between Chinese expatriates and local Ethiopians. Our findings suggest that Chinese and Ethiopian employees are proactive yet constrained agents in exploiting work opportunities for their own economic interests and professional development.

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Africa and China: New Engagements, New Research

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Shifting Discourses of Vilification and the Taming of Unruly Mining Landscapes in Ghana

Shifting Discourses of Vilification and the Taming of Unruly Mining Landscapes in Ghana

Sino-African Philosophy: A Re-“Constructive Engagement”

Chinese–African encounters in high‐tech sectors: Comparative investigation of Chinese workplace regimes in Ethiopia

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