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Asian Ethnicity Volume 20, 2019 - Issue 1: Chinese in Africa: ‘Chineseness’ and the complexities of identities
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Understanding Chinese immigrants in Africa from the perspective of national identity

Zhihang WangSchool of Government, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 30-39 | Received 08 Mar 2018, Accepted 30 Oct 2018, Published online: 07 Nov 2018

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