Race Relations, an issue China will definitely have to learn to deal with as it's economy continues to emerge. Foreigners will be attracted to the country for business opportunities and they will mingle with the locals. The result will continue to be many bi-racial children. Are these children Chinese or will they be considered foreigners especially when they have been born and bred in China and may not even know the foreign parent?
Countries like the USA have had to deal with and is still dealing with racial assimilation. In the year 2042, the racial groups considered to be "minorities" will become the "majority". Many companys are making changes in their diversity and inclusion programs to accomodate these changing faces.
Will China come to the realization on time to also adjust to the changing composition of it's citizenry or will they simply decide to consider them outcast?
China’s Changing Views on Race
NewYork Times
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lou Jing, center, a contestant in a Chinese talent show this summer, caused an intense debate in China because she is of mixed-race parentage.
With trade and commerce drawing ever larger numbers of foreigners to China’s cities, tensions have become more common in a country of little racial diversity. This summer, African immigrants, mostly traders and merchants, who make up a growing enclave in the city of Guangzhou, protested police harassment. And in a well-publicized cultural moment, a 20-year-old Shanghainese contestant named Lou Jing, who appeared on the Chinese “Idol”-like talent show, caused a national debate (and drew racist attacks on the Internet) about what it means to be Chinese. Lou, the daughter of a Chinese woman and an African-American man, whom she has not met, considers herself completely Chinese.
As China expands economic ties with the rest of the world — including Africa, where it has considerable investments — how might increased immigration alter Chinese perceptions of race? How has the society historically dealt with ethnic differences?
Yan Sun, political scientist
Ho-fung Hung, historical sociologist
Zai Liang, sociologist
Dongyan Blachford, professor of Chinese
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Good choice of article. Do you know the statistics on migration to China- how many per year, what kind of workers- blue collar or white collar, which countries they are migrating from. I am not sure but I believe that citizenship laws in China are restrictive. I have noticed the trend in India as well but not sure how they are handling the assimilation issue.
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