title: African social networks in China: A comparative study of communities in Guangzhou and Yiwu
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metadata.value: Ying, Yang
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-01-31T11:30:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-01-31T11:30:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Ying Yang. African social networks in China: A comparative study of communities in Guangzhou and Yiwu. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 4, pp. 416–428.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.407
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9079
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: After the first Africans appeared in China in 2000, their communities were formed in Guangzhou
  and later in Yiwu. Being the third largest city in China, Guangzhou benefited from its proximity
  to Hong Kong and the Pearl River. These and some other city’s advantages attracted African
  traders. In contrast, Yiwu, despite being ranked a county-level city in the Zhejiang Province, came to
  prominence as the world`s largest wholesale market. Yiwu also attracted Arab and African traders.
  Being separated from each other by only two-hour plane trip or 13-hour train trip, the two cities are
  not so distant geographically. However, because of the difference in size, lifestyle, business patterns,
  local government policies and the patterns of Chinese residence, each of the two African communities
  developed in its own peculiar way. This study is based on fieldwork, carried out in both areas.
  It aims to analyze the differences of African communities and their networks in Yiwu and Guangzhou.
  What attracts Africans to these cities? What is their objective? Why do they stay in these
  two particular cities, and not in others? Do they have an intention to move to other cities or other
  countries? This study also tries to discover, if there are links between the African communities in
  the two cities and examine patterns of social networks’ development in both locations. Refs 6. Figs 6.
  Table 1.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: African traders
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: networks
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social capital
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: foreign residents
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: foreign communities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: African social networks in China: A comparative study of communities in Guangzhou and Yiwu
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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