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Book SynopsisThis book brings together works by specialists from various areas of the social sciences to reflect on the presence of China in Portugal and in Portuguese-speaking territories. From the first Chinese coolies that migrated to the former Portuguese colonies more than 100 years ago, to the current investments along the Belt and Road Initiative, we take the pulse of this historic, social, political and economic presence and flows, that continues to renew and reinvent itself in the face of the challenges of contemporaneity.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors The Presence of China and the Chinese Diaspora in Portugal and Portuguese-Speaking Territories: An Introduction Irene Rodrigues and Sofia Gaspar PART 1: Chinese Communities in Portugal: Mobilities, School, and Learning 1 The Silk Route of Student Mobility: Portuguese Universities’ Strategies for Attracting Chinese Students Thais França 2 Academic Performance of Chinese Students in Portugal Sofia Gaspar, Helena Carvalho and Teresa Seabra 3 Chinese Language Teaching in Portugal: Models, Motivations, and Challenges Wang Jincheng and Sun Yue PART 2: Crossings between Chinese Entrepreneurship, Economy, and Ethnicity in Portugal and Macao 4 Chinese Entrepreneurship in Portugal: The interaction of Ethnic Resources and a Host Society’s Opportunity Structure Catarina Reis Oliveira 5 Tourism Dynamics in Sino-Portuguese Bilateral Relations: The Case of the Chinese Outbound Market in Portugal Jiawei Xing, Zélia Breda and Jorge Tavares da Silva 6 A Chinese Mission for Macao: To Build Bridges between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries Cátia Miriam Costa PART 3: China’s Global Connections with Lusophone Countries: Emerging Geopolitical Interests 7 China’s Energy Security and Portugal in Belt and Road Initiative Carla Fernandes 8 The Dragon and the Crocodile Revisited: The Chinese Influence in Timor-Leste Nuno Canas Mendes 9 Connecting Connectivities: China and the Environmental Dimension of the Belt and Road Initiative in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries Andrea Valente 10 The Impacts of Bolsonaro’s Presidency on the Brazilian-Chinese Relationship Raquel de Caria Patrício Index
