The local response of transnational social space under globalization in urban China: A case study of African enclave in Guangzhou
Received date: 2008-11-14
Revised date: 2009-01-16
Online published: 2009-07-25
Supported by
国家自然科学基金资助项目(40601033, 40771066,40771067);广东省自然科学基金资助项目 (06300105);中山大学"百人计划"资助项目(3171310);教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金资助项目。
After a successful market reform featured by opening-up, urban China is facing a tremendous sociospatial restructuring in recent years. The rise of a new type of social space, i.e., ethnic enclaves has been remarkable. Taking Xiaobei of Guangzhou City as a study case, this paper examines the response of local residents and communities. Method of triangulation is mainly used, along with both quantitative analysis such as questionnaire and logistics regression and qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews, focus group and so on. As shown by the empirical study, a negative representation of African communities has been constructed in Guangzhou. Attitudes of local residents surveyed upon African enclaves do not show a consistent result of either acceptance or exclusion. Through a logistic regression, it is found that in terms of the variables of age, gender, educational attainments, the length of living time or religions, no variables can stand out to be significant. Employment, however, is important, while traders, workers or those involved in service sectors mainly put a positive attitude towards Africans, in contrast to professionals, self-employed or students. Moreover, interviews of traders in Xiaobei further disclose that interactions between local residents and Africans are an important determinant of the relations, which, however, are purely economic-based rather than cultural or social based. According to a study of local media reports and website, it is found that the local state-owned newspapers produce a negative impact upon the representation of African enclaves. Critical comments upon criminal cases of African immigrants already engender an invisible wall between local residents and African communities. Based on the sprawl of information on the net, such negative attitudes towards African immigrants soared. Therefore, this indicates a transition of Xiaobei from initiative concentration of African traders to negative segregation. The future of such African communities is under question.
Key words： transnational social space; local response; Guangzhou; African enclaves
LI Zhi-gang, XU De-sheng, DU Feng, ZHU Ying . The local response of transnational social space under globalization in urban China: A case study of African enclave in Guangzhou[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2009 , 28(4) : 920 -932 . DOI: 10.11821/yj2009040007
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