Global app, local politics and Chinese migrants in Africa

Li, Hangwei

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“…For Chinese private investors, formal and informal associations of Chinese living in Zambia are much more important when it comes to day-to-day business activities (Li & Shi 2020). As demonstrated by Li (2022), WeChat – a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app – has undoubtedly become the most important communication channel for Chinese migrants in Zambia. Through WeChat, Chinese businesspeople in Zambia can communicate online with other Chinese suppliers on a 24/7 basis, with Zambian suppliers usually excluded.…”

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Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese Private FDI in Zambia

Polus,

2023

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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Inspired by Bourdieu's field theory and utilising the case of Zambia, this article aims to enhance the understanding of the intricate relationship between Chinese private investors and sub-Saharan state institutions. The study proposes an epistemological framework that integrates sociological, anthropological and neo-institutional approaches to development studies. Through extensive fieldwork and over 75 interviews with both Chinese and Zambian stakeholders, we explore various contexts in which group-actors related to foreign capital in Zambia operate. We argue that three separate habiti – inhabited by the Zambian political class, Chinese investors and ‘ordinary’ Zambians – are crucial for comprehending private foreign capital operations in this sub-Saharan state. The ordinary Zambians and Zambian political class fields converge primarily during elections, while interactions between ordinary Zambians and Chinese investors have remained very limited (predominantly employee–employer relations), creating an ideational structure of hostility. In contrast, the Zambian political class and Chinese private investor fields crosscut and are mutually constitutive.

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Section: The Chinese Contextmentioning

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“…It seems that the structural features of the Zambian economy are central to why linkages and spillover effects fail to occur within it, and why Chinese private investors do not expect anything from Zambian state institutions (Li et al . 2022).…”

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Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese Private FDI in Zambia

Polus,

2023

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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Chinese Investors in Zambia and Angola: Motives, Profile, Strategies

2023

International Political Economy Series

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Practising citizenship through online media: An interpretive case study of Chinese New Zealanders’ civic engagement online

2023

Media International Australia

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Civic engagement is vital for a functioning democracy. Digital media broadens avenues of civic engagement, allowing people to practise various forms of citizenship. This article explores Chinese New Zealanders’ civic engagement on various digital media platforms. The findings result from an interpretive analysis of 38 Chinese New Zealanders’ in-depth interviews. I found that interviewees practised engaged and flexible citizenship through digital media activities. These two forms of citizenship enable Chinese New Zealanders to negotiate multilayered identities and disclose internal diversity. They also used social media to develop essential skills to address everyday concerns. The research enriches the knowledge of the Chinese diaspora's online media practices and deepens the understanding of digital media's democratic potential.

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Global app, local politics and Chinese migrants in Africa

Cited by 3 publications

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Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese Private FDI in Zambia

Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese Private FDI in Zambia

Chinese Investors in Zambia and Angola: Motives, Profile, Strategies

Practising citizenship through online media: An interpretive case study of Chinese New Zealanders’ civic engagement online

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