BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:East Asia Program and \;Maxwell African\nScholars Union&nbs p\;present \;Playing the China Card or Yellow Perils? China\, “the Chi nese”\, and Race in South African Politics and Society A Talk by Yoon Jung Park\, \n\nAssociate Director\, China\nAfrica Research Initiative\, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International\nStudies\, \n\nExecutive Directo r\, Chinese\nin Africa/Africans in China Research Network \;\n\nOver\n the past several years there have been a number of racially-tinged inciden ts in\nSouth Africa involving “the Chinese.” Simultaneously\, the “love af fair” between\nChinese and South African government leaders continues. Bas ed on nearly 20\nyears of research on Chinese communities in South Africa I examine these\nconflicting phenomena and explore the various ways in whi ch the three main\nethnic Chinese communities – Chinese South African\, Ta iwanese South African\,\nand mainland Chinese migrant – respond to conflic ting social and political\nmessages. China’s global ascendance and South A frica’s increasing\nnational-level dependence on China encourages some Chi nese actors to opportunistically\nwield the China. Anti-Chinese sentiment\ , inclusive of yellow peril narratives\,\nracist stereotypes\, and hate sp eech\, flares periodically\; one such episode has spurred\nthe formation – for the first time in South Africa – of nascent pan-Chinese\nsolidarity.  \;Dr. Yoon Jung Park is a leader in growing field\nof China/Africa st udies. She is the author of A Matter of Honour. Being Chinese in South Afr ica (Jacana/Lexington\nBooks) and is currently completing a book on Chines e migrants in Africa. Her research\nfocuses on ethnic Chinese in southern Africa and perceptions of Chinese people\nby local communities\, centering on migration\, racial and ethnic identity\, race/class/power\,\ngender\, affirmative action\, and xenophobia. She is currently the Associate\nDirec tor of the China-Africa Research Initiative at the School of Advanced\nInt ernational Studies (SAIS-CARI)\, Johns Hopkins University\; adjunct profes sor\nin African Studies\, Georgetown University\; and Executive Director o f the\nChinese in Africa/Africans in China (CA/AC) Research Network. She a lso has an\naffiliation with the Sociology Department\, Rhodes University. She holds degrees\nfrom the University of the Witwatersrand (PhD)\, the F letcher School at Tufts\nUniversity (MA)\, and Pitzer College (BA). Sponso red by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, East Asia Program\, and  \;Maxwell African\nScholars Union Contact Havva Karakas-Keles for more inf ormation: hkarakas@syr.edu \; \n\n  \;\n\n DTEND:20200330T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T062347Z DTSTART:20200330T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CANCELED: Playing the China Card or Yellow Perils? China\, “the Chi nese”\, and Race in South African Politics and Society UID:RFCALITEM639141494271885643 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

East Asia Program and \;Maxwell African \nScholars Union \;

present \;

Playing the Chi na Card or Yellow Perils? China\, “the Chinese”\, and Race in South Africa n Politics and Society

A Talk by Yoon Jung Park\, \n\nAsso ciate Director\, China\nAfrica Research Initiative\, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International\nStudies\, \n\nExecutive Director\, Chinese\nin Africa/Africans in China Research Network \;

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Over\nth e past several years there have been a number of racially-tinged incidents in\nSouth Africa involving “the Chinese.” Simultaneously\, the “love affa ir” between\nChinese and South African government leaders continues. Based on nearly 20\nyears of research on Chinese communities in South Africa I examine these\nconflicting phenomena and explore the various ways in which the three main\nethnic Chinese communities – Chinese South African\, Taiw anese South African\,\nand mainland Chinese migrant – respond to conflicti ng social and political\nmessages. China’s global ascendance and South Afr ica’s increasing\nnational-level dependence on China encourages some Chine se actors to opportunistically\nwield the China. Anti-Chinese sentiment\, inclusive of yellow peril narratives\,\nracist stereotypes\, and hate spee ch\, flares periodically\; one such episode has spurred\nthe formation – f or the first time in South Africa – of nascent pan-Chinese\nsolidarity. &n bsp\;

Dr. Yoon Jung Park is a leader in growing field\nof China/Afri ca studies. She is the author of A Matter of Honour. Being Chinese in S outh Africa (Jacana/Lexington\nBooks) and is currently completing a bo ok on Chinese migrants in Africa. Her research\nfocuses on ethnic Chinese in southern Africa and perceptions of Chinese people\nby local communities \, centering on migration\, racial and ethnic identity\, race/class/power\ ,\ngender\, affirmative action\, and xenophobia. She is currently the Asso ciate\nDirector of the China-Africa Research Initiative at the School of A dvanced\nInternational Studies (SAIS-CARI)\, Johns Hopkins University\; ad junct professor\nin African Studies\, Georgetown University\; and Executiv e Director of the\nChinese in Africa/Africans in China (CA/AC) Research Ne twork. She also has an\naffiliation with the Sociology Department\, Rhodes University. She holds degrees\nfrom the University of the Witwatersrand ( PhD)\, the Fletcher School at Tufts\nUniversity (MA)\, and Pitzer College (BA).

Sponsored by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, East Asia Program\, and \;Maxwell African\nScholars Union

Contact Havva Karakas-Keles for more information: hkar akas@syr.edu \;

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