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Cleavage: Guangzhou, Covid-19 and China–Africa Friendship Politics

2021; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/13696815.2020.1824774

1469-9346

Yu Qiu,

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 This measure consists of three dimensions: border screening, exclusive transport and community-based health management. See “Targeted accurate measures in fighting against the pandemic among imported cases in Guangzhou”, The Guangzhou Renmin Government, 20 March 2020, Accessed 20 May 2020. http://www.gz.gov.cn/xw/jrgz/content/post_5738398.html.2 Three illegalities (三非) refer to illegal entry, illegal work and illegal stay. Anti-sanfei operations are part of China’s attempt to regulate foreigner immigrants in China.3 Wang Yi: “China-African friendship is as firm as a rock, and will not be affected by one time and one incident” Foreign Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government, 15 April 2020, accessed 30 May 2020. http://www.gzfao.gov.cn/gzfao/fyzt/202004/913ae4e8840443dab7174a5fce624894.shtml.4 Ibid.5 For example, the Guangzhou event was followed by Nigeria’s intensified immigration check-up in Chinese factories and Chinese-concentrated communities. “Chinese workers are facing a backlash across Africa over the Guangzhou racism incidents”, Quartz Africa, 22 May 2020, Accessed 6 June 2020, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu and Yomi Kazeem, https://qz.com/africa/1860045/china-faces-african-backlash-of-guangzou-racism-incidents/. Malawi also sent a Chinese worker back to Zambia for his failed cooperation with compulsory quarantine. Aaron Banda-Mana, “Chinese deports Chinese for refusing quarantine”, Nyasa Times, 12 April 2020, Accessed 30 July 2020. https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-deports-chinese-for-refusing-quarantine/.6 The case of three Chinese people being murdered and burned in June 2020 is one of many Chinese-targeted murders across African countries in recent years. Jenni Marsh and Chiwoyu Sinyangwe “Three Chinese nationals were murdered and burned in Zambia, in a week when racial tensions were running high”, CNN, 6 June 2020, accessed 30 July 2020. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/china/china-zambia-murder-intl-hnk/index.html.7 “Guangzhou’s multi-lingual public letter to Chinese and foreigners in China stating zero-tolerance to discrimination”, Sina News, 20 April 2020, accessed 15 May 2020. https://news.sina.cn/gn/2020-04-20/detail-iircuyvh8724069.d.html.8 精准抗疫涵盖多个要素，包括边境检查、单独运输、社区健康管控等。参见《广州进准防控疫情输入》广州人民政府2020年3月20日。访问网站时间：2020年5月20日. http://www.gz.gov.cn/xw/jrgz/content/post_5738398.html.9 “三非”指的是“非法入境”“非法居留”和“非法工作”。“反三非”行动是中国开展的针对外国人的移民管理措施。10 《王毅：中非友谊坚如磐石，不被一时一事影响》，广州市人民政府外事办公室，2020年4月15日。访问网站时间：2020年5月30日。http://www.gzfao.gov.cn/gzfao/fyzt/202004/913ae4e8840443dab7174a5fce624894.shtml.11 同上。12 例如，尼日利亚政府在广州事件后迅速开始针对中国在尼群体的移民管控，参见 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu & Yomi Kazeem, “Chinese workers are facing a backlash across Africa over the Guangzhou racism incidents”, Quartz Africa, 2020年5月22日，访问网站时间：2020 年6月6日。https://qz.com/africa/1860045/china-faces-african-backlash-of-guangzou-racism-incidents/. 此外，有关报道也指出马拉维将拒绝强制隔离的中国人遣送回赞比亚，参见Aaron Banda-Mana, ‘Chinese deports Chinese for refusing quarantine’, Nyasa Times, 2020年4月12日, 访问网站时间：2020 年7月30日. https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-deports-chinese-for-refusing-quarantine/.13 中方人员被杀事件近几年在非洲时有发生，例如近期在赞比亚的三名中国人员被杀事件便是其中一例。参见Jenni Marsh and Chiwoyu Sinyangwe, “Three Chinese nationals were murdered and burned in Zambia, in a week when racial tensions were running high”, CNN, 2020年6月6日报道，访问网站时间：2020年7月30日https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/china/china-zambia-murder-intl-hnk/index.html.14 《广州发布多语种致在穗中外人士的公开信，对歧视性言行零容忍》新浪新闻2020年4月20日报道，访问网站时间：2020年5月15日。https://news.sina.cn/gn/2020-04-20/detail-iircuyvh8724069.d.html.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, China [Grand Number 19CSH054].