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Rethinking Chinese Business in Africa: Threat or Catalyst of Development?
Invited
The United States, China, and Africa: A New “COLD” WAR?, Center for Global Black Studies, University of Miami
6 3 2026
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The Art of Imitation: The (Re)Production and Reception of Sushi in Cape Town
68th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
21 11 2025
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Labor Relations and Automation in Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa
68th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
21 11 2025
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Reconfiguring Power Geometries in Mega-Developments
Invited
Workshop on African Traditional Kingdoms and Chinese Enterprises, Peking University Center for African Studies
1 11 2025
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Governing Globalisation from Below: Chinese Merchants, Counterfeit Economies, and Policy Innovation in Botswana
Invited
Political Economy Tokyo Seminar, University of Tokyo
2 10 2025
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Labor Struggle in the Era of Automation in South Africa
The 62th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies
20 5 2025
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Discussant of ‘Environmental History in Southern Africa’
Invited
129th KUASS: Kyoto University African Studies Seminar
19 2 2025
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The Squeaky Wheel Might Be Changed: Labor Struggle in the Era of Automation in South Africa
67th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
12 12 2024
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Inequality in the Age of Globalization: Examining the Impact of Chinese FDI on Labour Relations in South Africa
Invited
Department of Anthropology Seminar, University of Cape Town
6 8 2024
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Reshaping Development: China's Impact on South Africa's Industrial Landscape and the Imperative for Equitable Sustainability
Development Studies Association 2024, SOAS
27 6 2024
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Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole: Exporting Labor Regimes from China to South Africa
66th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
30 11 2023
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ボツワナにおける中国産模造品と現地消費者の関係－経済的ダイナミクスと貿易政策の考察－
Invited
2023年度第5回白山文化人類学研究会
23 10 2023
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南アフリカに進出した中国系製造業企業における人事管理の現状
Invited
国際開発学会「アフリカ・アジアにおけるものづくり研究部会」第7回研究会 (共催：京滋支部)
24 6 2023
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A Re-emergence of the ‘Race to the Bottom’? Insights from a Chinese Manufacturing Business in South Africa
14 5 2023
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Stepping Stones or Stumbling Blocks: Chinese Counterfeits in Botswana
Invited
Seminar at Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne
13 12 2022
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Chinese Counterfeits in Africa: A Global Economic Historical Perspective
Yanyin ZI
65th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
18 11 2022
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Values Gaps Affecting Human Resources Management Relations between Expats and Locals: The Case of a Chinese Manufacturing Company in South Africa
Invited
Yanyin ZI, Arthur Linke
Africa-China Relations: Re-examining a Multi-faceted Engagement from Labour Relations to the Role of Local Elites
24 11 2021
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The Discursive Field of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Japanese Newspaper: Understanding the Discursive Practices under Abe Doctrine
Yanyin Zi, Allen Xiao
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
3 9 2021
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存続と繁栄の秘訣 ―アフリカにおける中国の模造品販売―
Invited
東北大学東北アジア研究センター設立25周年記念シンポジウム
26 6 2021
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Intercultural Communication Issues in Chinese Companies in South Africa Trust Building between Expats and Locals
22 5 2021
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Trust and Commitment in China-Africa Employment Relations
International conference
Zi Yanyin
62nd Annual Meeting of African Studies Association
21 11 2019
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Role Changes in Chinese Merchants in Africa: From Distributors of “Made in China” to Founders of “Designed in China”
International conference
Zi Yanyin
2nd International Conference of JSAS: Enhancing Japan-Africa Connectivity
28 7 2019
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Issues Concerning Vocational Training in the Asian Companies in South Africa: A Case Study of Chinese Manufacturing Company X
International conference
Zi Yanyin
The 56th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies
18 5 2019
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南部アフリカにおける新華僑
シ ゲンギン
日本華僑華人学会研究大会「変貌を遂げる21世紀の華僑社会」
17 11 2018
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Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Business Upgrades
International conference
Zi Yanyin
Voice for the Future: African Area Studies in a Globalizing World
2 12 2017
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Everyday Lives of Chinese in Botswana
Invited
International conference
Zi Yanyin
27 6 2017
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Decoding Intergroup Relations in Employment in Southern Africa
International conference
Zi Yanyin
Africa-China: Business and Migration
12 1 2017
University of Cologne
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Chinese Investment in Africa: Ground Level Interaction Matters
International conference
Zi Yanyin
African-Asian Encounters (III) Afrasian Transformations: Beyond Grand Narratives
30 9 2016
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China Shop as an Unauthorized Nation Brand in Botswana
International conference
Zi Yanyin
The 2016 Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Conference
18 8 2016
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Unveiling the Mask of Batswana Customers: We Don’t Like China Shops But We Still Need Fong Kong Goods
International conference
Zi Yanyin
9th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas
7 7 2016
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飽和市場における摩擦への対処―ボツワナのチャイナショップを事例に―
Invited
シ ゲンギン
第45回中国環境問題研究拠点研究会「アフリカに進出する中国人」
30 10 2015
総合地球環境学研究所
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Decoding Labor Issues between Chinese Employers and Batswana Employees: The Case of a China Shop in Gaborone
International conference
Zi Yanyin
29 8 2015
Southern African Institute for Policy and Research
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Live as a Chinese Merchant in Africa: A Case of Botswana
International conference
Zi Yanyin
“African Studies meet Asian Studies” Second Asian Conference on African Studies
3 5 2014
Japan Association for African Studies.
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The Mobility of China Shop in Botswana: A Double-Edged Sword for Surviving Business
International conference
Zi Yanyin
1st International Conference of Africa-Asia Development University Network–Africa’s Asian Options
12 3 2014
the University of Malaya
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Factors Influencing Business Frictions between Chinese Merchants and Their Local Workers in Botswana
International conference
Zi Yanyin
Social Transition and Its Impact on Southern Africa
17 1 2014
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Coping with Friction in a Saturated Market: A Case of China Shop in Botswana
International conference
Zi Yanyin
17 8 2013
