At the Roots of Neocolonialism: Forced Labor of the Indentured Chinese Miners in the British Transvaal
The paper deals with the historical use of the Chinese indentured laborers on the gold mines of the Transvaal shortly after the end of the Second Boer war. In the short span of four years some 60 thousand Chinese laborers were imported under 3-year contracts, and then repatriated, after having co...
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| Language: | English |
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African Studies
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук |
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| Online Access: | https://africajournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fituni_U-Istokov-Neokolonializma.pdf |
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| Summary: | The paper deals with the historical use of the Chinese indentured laborers on the gold
mines of the Transvaal shortly after the end of the Second Boer war. In the short span of four years
some 60 thousand Chinese laborers were imported under 3-year contracts, and then repatriated, after
having contributed greatly to the restoration and expansion of the Rand gold mines. By analyzing the
legal framework of the process and documented witnesses’ accounts of the “Chinese slavery” in the
Transvaal, the author comes to the conclusion that the colonial administration of the Transvaal was
ignoring the conventions agreed upon by the British and Chinese side, while the Chinese side did not
possess the actual means to enforce the agreements. In the author’s opinion, this can be viewed as the roots of the West’s neocolonial approach to the international relations. |
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| ISSN: | 2412-5717 3034-3496 |