Of Other Spaces? Hybrid Forms of Chinese Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"Chinese economic activities in Africa have gained increased visibility in parallel to the recent acceleration of Sino-African relations. This paper, which is framed from a geographical perspective that is often absent or neglected in studies covering China-Africa, focuses on the spatial forms and dynamics. It depicts the way in which two contrasting Chinese economic entities - a state-owned company in Chad and privately owned commercial malls in Johannesburg, South Africa - engage with their respective host environments. While drawing on concepts of 'liminality' as well as 'heterotopias', I argue that the modalities of the Chinese footprint are characterised both by closure and interaction, creating a dynamic tension that produces its own set of unique practices. This ambivalence between enclave and active linkages with host societies is not only perceivable from a spatial point of view, but also emerges with regard to economic strategies. In the midst of a transitional period, along with a launching and a consolidating phase, the Chinese economic entities in both case studies show signs of change in terms of behaviour and territorial foothold." (author's abstract)

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Hybride Formen chinesischen Engagements im subsaharischen Afrika
• ISSN: 1868-1026
• Umfang: Seite(n): 43-73
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44(1)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Internationale Beziehungen ; internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ; China ; Engagement ; internationale Beziehungen ; Afrika ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Einkaufszentrum ; Entwicklungsland ; Ostasien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dittgen, Romain
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Deutschland
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-8151
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ