Africans in post-COVID-19 pandemic China: is there a future for China’s ‘new minority’?

Roberto CASTILLO*, Padmore Adusei AMOAH

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this article, we reflect on critical questions relating to the future of African migration to China in the post-COVID-19 world at the backdrop of the mistreatment many Africans received as part of the pandemic control in China. These questions include: Is this the end of African migration to China as we know it? Will COVID-19 fundamentally change how we think about migration, mobility and wellbeing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)? What will be the effect of the post-COVID-19 regime on the social identity and wellbeing of the African diaspora in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities?
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)560-565
Number of pages6
JournalAsian Ethnicity
Volume21
Issue number4
Early online date1 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Africans
  • migration
  • social identity
  • wellbeing
  • surveillance

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