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67 september-october 2006 | Geography
Catherine Fournet-Guérin

New Chinese Immigration in Antananarivo

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Translated by Peter Brown

Abstract

Since the 1990s, several thousand migrants from the People’s Republic of China have settled on Madagascar, in particular in the capital Antananarivo. There, they have gained a very high profile, principally through their business activities which are concentrated in one particular downtown area. The article begins by examining how this recently arrived community makes its presence felt, then asks how these “new Chinese” perceive their host country and city, and finally how Malagasy society in turn perceives them, often negatively, in fact. However, the positive contribution of Chinese businesses to improving the purchasing power of the city residents is often appreciated. Lastly, the presence of the “New Chinese” raises the question of their finely balanced relations with the group of “old Chinese” who have been living on Madagascar for several generations.

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Catherine Fournet-Guérin, « New Chinese Immigration in Antananarivo », China perspectives, n°67, 2006, [En ligne], mis en ligne le 1 juin 2007. URL : http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/document1050.html. Consulté le 26 novembre 2009.

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