2011/09/01 by Yinghong Cheng · 205 citations
Social Sciences · #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #China's Global Influence and Migration #China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance #Racism #Nationalism #China #Race (biology) #Gender studies #Power (physics) #Sociology #Public discourse #Political science #Politics #Law
paper · doi:10.1017/s0305741011000658
published in The China Quarterly 207, 561-579 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 2011/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Abstract As Sino-African engagement keeps developing, racial relations have emerged to concern people on both sides. The recent Chinese cyber discussions on Africans have shown a blatant racialism against Africans. Comparing this with the campus racism in the 1980s and contextualizing it in China's modern history and, more importantly, China's recent rise as a global power, the article argues that racial discourse has become an important component in Chinese nationalism without public awareness of it.