Theorizing Global China in situ

Abstract

This commentary reflects on Jessica DiCarlo and Meredith DeBoom's insightful essay ‘Six Paths of Global China’ through my ethnographic work on Chinese capitalist projects in Johannesburg, South Africa. I consider the theoretical and methodological import of their work for scholars of Global China and the Global South, and what ‘integration’ might mean for situating Global China within geographies of racial capitalism.

Keywords

Africa anthropology of capitalism Belt and Road Initiative Global China Global South racial capitalism

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