The China Africa Project
05.22.19

How Chinese Traders Both Help and Hurt Local Merchants in Ghana

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

It is well documented that a lot of people in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa resent the growing Chinese migrant presence, in terms of both the people who come into their countries and the Chinese way of doing business that is often culturally out...

Books
03.29.18

Patriot Number One

Hilgers captures the joys and indignities of building a life in a new country—and the stubborn allure of the American dream.

The China Africa Project
10.09.17

New Documentary Portrays Nuanced View of Africans’ Experience Living in China

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

When filmmakers Zhang Yong, Hodan Abdi, and Fu Dong set out to make a new documentary on the African migrant experience in China, they were determined to ensure that their own voices and experiences came through in the story....

The Princeling in the West Wing

Over the weekend, there was the unseemly spectacle of Jared Kushner’s sister, Nicole Meyer, hawking golden visas to connected Chinese investors if they would put $500,000 into one of the Kushners’ real estate projects in Jersey City.

Depth of Field
12.06.16

From West Africa, the Czech Republic, and Home

Ye Ming, Yan Cong & more
from Yuanjin Photo

In this month’s Depth of Field, Chinese photojournalists explore foreign terrain, both beyond China’s borders and within them. Independent photographer Yuyang Liu traveled the open seas to document the lives of Chinese and African...

Sinica Podcast
09.20.16

What is the Chinese-American Identity?

Kaiser Kuo & Jeremy Goldkorn
from Sinica Podcast

What is the Chinese-American identity? How has the rise of China affected American attitudes toward ethnically Chinese people in the United States and elsewhere? How do the...

Sinica Podcast
09.07.16

Yiwu, a City at the Core of Cheap Chinese Goods

Kaiser Kuo, David Moser & more
from Sinica Podcast

Renowned as a trading town during the Qing dynasty, the eastern city of...

The China Africa Project
05.04.16

Race, Culture, and the Politics of Being Black in China

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Being black in China is not easy, but it’s not as bad as many would have you think, according to our two guests this week, who are both black immigrants currently living in Beijing. Sure, people stare a lot and there are often some inappropriate...

Sinica Podcast
02.22.16

Allegiance

Kaiser Kuo & Jeremy Goldkorn
from Sinica Podcast

Kaiser and Jeremy recorded today’s show from New York, where they waylaid Holly Chang, founder of Project Pengyou and now Acting Executive Director of the Committee of 100, for a discussion on spying, stealing commercial spying, spying, and...

The China Africa Project
06.04.15

NO! China is NOT Exporting Convict Labor to Africa!!!!

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Fifteen minutes into almost any conversation about the Chinese in Africa, the question about Chinese labor invariably comes up. “The Chinese are exporting convicts to work on construction sites,” according to one of the pervasive myths, or, “...

The China Africa Project
05.27.15

Chinese Racist Views Towards Blacks and Africans

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

When riots broke out in the U.S. city of Baltimore in May 2015, the reaction across the Chinese social web was sadly predictable as Internet users posted countless anti-black racist comments. However, what was interesting about their posts is how...

The China Africa Project
03.30.15

A Chinese Perspective on the #RacistRestaurant Scandal in Kenya

Cobus van Staden & Huang Hongxiang

The Chinese restaurant in Nairobi that barred Africans after 5pm sparked a frenzied week of news coverage on both local and international media and, of course, on Twitter. The actions of this small, inconsequential restaurant seemingly took on...

The China Africa Project
02.05.15

Flash of Anti-Chinese Xenophobia in the DR Congo

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Anti-government protestors filled the streets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa on January 19 and 20 to protest against a new election law making its way through the National Assembly. The new law calls for a national...

The China Africa Project
01.15.15

Religion Among African Immigrants in China

Eric Olander & Cobus van Staden

Nestled in apartments and offices throughout the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are dozens of improvised churches that cater to the region’s Pentacostal Africans, largely from Nigeria. These churches not only serve the community’s religious...

The China Africa Project
06.09.14

Sino-African Marriages in China: ‘Til Death Do Us Part’?

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

A marriage boom of sorts is underway in China, where a growing number of African men are tying the knot with Chinese women. While these new families are breaking long-held cultural stereotypes, they are also confronting a whole set of new...

Chinese Immigration to U.S. Still Rising

The number of foreign-born Chinese Americans in the US doubled between 2000 and 2010, according to a UN report, and experts attribute the increase in large part to China’s growing middle class.