Cleavage: Guangzhou, Covid-19 and China–Africa Friendship Politics

Qiu, Yu

doi:10.1080/13696815.2020.1824774

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“…On the other hand, nationalism, including “transnational nationalism” among Chinese diaspora, is being reinforced to control narratives around the crisis and justify subsequent policies (Yang and Chen 2021). Some immigrants have fallen victim to a new wave of xenophobia stirred up by pandemic-related discourses (Qiu 2021). Nevertheless, the government has seemingly realized the value of immigrant voices in its new propaganda tactics (see Shen 2020).…”

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Immigrants on Chinese Television and Limitations of China’s Globalist Discourse

Gan

2022

Television & New Media

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Traditionally perceived as a country of emigration, China has in recent years become an increasingly popular subject for immigration and diaspora studies, with an immigrant population that has been growing quietly and steadily since the 1990s. However, media representations of immigrants in China have not garnered much attention. This article provides a critical assessment of how immigrants and immigrant experience are portrayed on Chinese television, using the example of Foreigner in China (2013–19), the first-ever program on a national platform to tackle this topic. It argues that, while the program paints a rather insightful and entertaining picture of contemporary immigrant life in China, its representation of immigrants is restricted by not only the internal contradiction of the Xi administration’s globalist discourse, but also the exclusive, ethnocentric conception of Chinese nationhood, which remains the norm in a more heterogenous and globally conscious Chinese society.

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Immigrants on Chinese Television and Limitations of China’s Globalist Discourse

Gan

2022

Television & New Media

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Translation of signs and a renewed understanding of the post-pandemic cosmopolis: a diachronic study of street signs in the hybridised area of Guangzhou

Wang

2024

International Journal of Multilingualism

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Under the Socialist Gaze: Solidarity, Soft Power, and China’s Representation of Africa in Two Eras

Miao¹

2023

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Based on visual analysis of the China Pictorial magazine in two historical periods (Mao and post-Mao), this article identifies six key themes of representing Africa in Chinese state media and finds a parallel between China’s representation of Africa, Sino-African relations, and the shifting geopolitics. Different from Western stereotypes about Africa, China Pictorial constructs a romanticized image of Africa, which is interpreted through the concept of the “socialist gaze.” Empirically, this article explains and historicizes how China Pictorial constructs meanings about Africa through its visual representational systems, shedding new light on China–Africa relations and the increasingly active South–South media flows. Theoretically, this article expands our understanding of media representation beyond the “colonial gaze.” While the “socialist gaze” may function as a counter-representation to the “colonial gaze,” it can also create new differences and stereotypes, thus enhancing power asymmetry between China and Africa.

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Cleavage: Guangzhou, Covid-19 and China–Africa Friendship Politics

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Immigrants on Chinese Television and Limitations of China’s Globalist Discourse

Immigrants on Chinese Television and Limitations of China’s Globalist Discourse

Translation of signs and a renewed understanding of the post-pandemic cosmopolis: a diachronic study of street signs in the hybridised area of Guangzhou

Under the Socialist Gaze: Solidarity, Soft Power, and China’s Representation of Africa in Two Eras

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