@inbook {427841, title = {Liang Xu (2017), "Cyrildene Chinatown, Suburban Settlement, and Ethnic Economy in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg"}, booktitle = {China and Africa: A New Paradigm of Global Business (edited by Young-Chan Kim)}, year = {2017}, pages = {81-104}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, organization = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {London}, abstract = {By putting the growth of Cyrildene Chinatown in the contexts of new waves of Chinese migration in Africa and the dramatic suburbanization of post-apartheid South African cities, this chapter traces the development of Chinese settlement in the Cyrildene area and the resultant birth of the city{\textquoteright}s emerging Chinatown. It presents a critique to the notion of {\textquotedblleft}ethnic enclave{\textquotedblright} and argues that the Cyrildene Chinatown functions more as an integral part of Chinese {\textquotedblleft}ethnoburb{\textquotedblright} in Johannesburg{\textquoteright}s eastern suburbs and interacts with the host society and wider networks in complex and intimate ways. By evaluating both the achievements of and challenges facing Cyrildene Chinatown, this chapter then suggests that suburbanization in post-apartheid South Africa has boosted the degrees of civic engagement amongst its suburbanites.}, url = {https://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9783319470290} }