BRING AFRICA TO CHINA

DO YOU ALL FEEL ISOLATED IN SHANGHAI?
DO YOU LONG FOR AFRICAN CULTURE? NOT ENOUGH AFRICAN FOOD? MUSIC? NOT ENOUGH BLACKNESS?
IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP BLACK CULTURE ALIVE? TO PROSPER IN CHINA?
WE CAN LEAVE EVERYTHING WHERE WE CAME FROM OR WE CAN BRING IT WITH US TO RE-CREATE AFRICA WHILE LIVING IN CHINA, YES?
HOW CAN WE DO SO, IS THIS SUCH OR DO YOU FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SO THAT AFRICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS CAN FEEL THEIR CULTURE PULSATE AMIST THE CULTURE OF CHINA. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GO, WE CAN REMAIN IN AN ISOLATED STATE AND FEELING OR WE CAN BRING AFRICA TO CHINA. THOUGHTS PLEASSSEEEE

I went to bookstore and read an article "Passage to China" carried by "Foreign Policy". It estimates 10,000 Africans live in Guangzhou and several thousands Africans live  in Beijing and Shanghai.

Being Chinese, I love to see more Africans and African Americans living in China and bringing their culture to China. Many of them have done excellent job one way or another for being teachers (highly respected profession in China), musicians, performing artists, TV hosts, athletes, DJs, owners of various business, et al. 

Here is the link to the article

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/users/login.php?story_id=4078&URL=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4078

Passage to China

January/February 2008

It’s no secret that China has taken a shine to Africa in recent years, showering cash on the continent in a quest for influence and natural resources. As a result, as many as 750,000 Chinese have recently moved to Africa for work. Now, a far lesser known trend appears to be emerging: A growing number of Africans are immigrating to the Middle Kingdom, lured by the opportunities of its booming economy.

The Chinese government zealously guards immigration data, but Barry Sautman, a political scientist at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, estimates that there may be as many as 10,000 Africans—mostly businessmen—in the southern city of Guangzhou alone. The number of Africans living in larger cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, says Sautman, has increased from several hundred to several thousand in a few years. It’s a mere drop in these cities of millions, but it is evidence that what was once rare is becoming more routine. Even cities off the beaten path—such as Shijiazhuang, Baoding, and Taiyuan—are beginning to see the arrival of Africans. There will “certainly . . . [be] an increase in [African] migration in the direction of China,” says J. Stephen Morrison, head of the Africa program at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, “because China is offering opportunities to increase life chances, skills, and income.”

There’s undoubtedly more African talent equipped to work in China than ever before: Today, nearly 120 schools in 16 African countries offer Chinese language courses. Africa also boasts six Beijing sponsored Confucius Institutes, which offer courses in Chinese language and...

wow, i cant wait to come back in June! i cant wait!