“New Slavery” vs. <i>Huagong</i>: Chinese Indentured Labor in South Africa in the Chinese Press, 1903–1905

Huynh, T. Tu

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Author(s): T. Tu Huynh ¹

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 25 January 2025

Journal: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

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Keywords: Chinese indentured labor, huagong, South Africa, newspapers, late imperial China

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Title: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN: 2515-2149

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 25 January 2025

Volume: 8

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 53-78

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[1 ] Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany;

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Huynh Tu T.. Loathing and Love: Postcard Representations of Indentured Chinese Laborers in South Africa's Reconstruction, 1904–10. Safundi. Vol. 9(4):395–425. 2008. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]
Hyslop Jonathan. The Imperial Working Class Makes Itself ‘White’: White Labourism in Britain, Australia, and South Africa Before the First World War. Journal of Historical Sociology. Vol. 12(4):398–421. 1999. Wiley. [Cross Ref]
Katz Elaine N.. Revisiting the Origins of the Industrial Colour Bar in the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Industry, 1891-1899. Journal of Southern African Studies. Vol. 25(1):73–97. 1999. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]
Kubicek Robert V.. The Randlords in 1895: A Reassessment. Journal of British Studies. Vol. 11(2):84–103. 1972. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]
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Liu Lydia H.. Translingual Practice. 1995. Stanford University Press. [Cross Ref]
Marks Shula, Trapido Stanley. Lord Milner and the South African State. History Workshop Journal. Vol. 8(1):50–81. 1979. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]
Mawby A. A.. Capital, Government and Politics in the Transvaal, 1900–1907: A Revision and a Reversion. The Historical Journal. Vol. 17(2):387–415. 1974. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]
Mignolo Walter D.. Reflections on Translation across Colonial Epistemic DifferencesTranslation. p. 19–34. 2012. transcript Verlag. [Cross Ref]
Mittler Barbara. A Newspaper for China? 2004. Harvard University Asia Center. [Cross Ref]
Richardson Peter. Chinese Mine Labour in the Transvaal. 1982. Palgrave Macmillan UK. [Cross Ref]
Schäfer Dagmar. Translation history, knowledge and nation building in ChinaThe Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture. p. 134–153. 2018. Routledge. [Cross Ref]
Van-Helten Jean Jacques. Empire and High Finance: South Africa and the International Gold Standard 1890–1914. The Journal of African History. Vol. 23(4):529–548. 1982. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]
Zhang Xiantao. The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press. 2007. Routledge. [Cross Ref]
Zhao Yunze, Sun Ping. A History of Journalism and Communication in China. 2018. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

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[1] Bright Rachel K.. Chinese Labour in South Africa, 1902–10. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan UK. [Cross Ref]

[2] Burgh Hugo. The Chinese Journalist. 2004. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

[3] Cao Qing. The Language of Nation-State Building in Late Qing China. 2023. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

[4] Culp Robert. The Power of Print in Modern China. 2019. Columbia University Press. [Cross Ref]

[5] Denoon Donald. Capital and Capitalists in the Transvaal in the 1890s and 1900s. The Historical Journal. Vol. 23(1):111–132. 1980. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]

[6] Dubow Saul. Colonial Nationalism, The Milner Kindergarten and the Rise of ‘South Africanism’, 1902–101. History Workshop Journal. Vol. 43(1):53–86. 1997. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]

[7] Higginson John. Privileging the Machines: American Engineers, Indentured Chinese and White Workers in South Africa's Deep-Level Gold Mines, 1902–1907. International Review of Social History. Vol. 52(1):1–34. 2007. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]

[8] Hon Tze-ki. Capitalizing on National Crises:<i>Zhengyi Tongbao</i>in Late Qing China. Global Intellectual History. Vol. 7(2):226–241. 2022. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[9] Huynh Tu T.. Loathing and Love: Postcard Representations of Indentured Chinese Laborers in South Africa's Reconstruction, 1904–10. Safundi. Vol. 9(4):395–425. 2008. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[10] Huynh Tu T.. Loathing and Love: Postcard Representations of Indentured Chinese Laborers in South Africa's Reconstruction, 1904–10. Safundi. Vol. 9(4):395–425. 2008. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[11] Hyslop Jonathan. The Imperial Working Class Makes Itself ‘White’: White Labourism in Britain, Australia, and South Africa Before the First World War. Journal of Historical Sociology. Vol. 12(4):398–421. 1999. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[12] Katz Elaine N.. Revisiting the Origins of the Industrial Colour Bar in the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Industry, 1891-1899. Journal of Southern African Studies. Vol. 25(1):73–97. 1999. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[13] Kubicek Robert V.. The Randlords in 1895: A Reassessment. Journal of British Studies. Vol. 11(2):84–103. 1972. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]

[14] LEGASSICK MARTIN. RACE, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CASE OF R. F. A. HOERNLE. African Affairs. Vol. 75(299):224–239. 1976. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]

[15] Liu Lydia H.. Translingual Practice. 1995. Stanford University Press. [Cross Ref]

[16] Marks Shula, Trapido Stanley. Lord Milner and the South African State. History Workshop Journal. Vol. 8(1):50–81. 1979. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]

[17] Mawby A. A.. Capital, Government and Politics in the Transvaal, 1900–1907: A Revision and a Reversion. The Historical Journal. Vol. 17(2):387–415. 1974. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]

[18] Mignolo Walter D.. Reflections on Translation across Colonial Epistemic DifferencesTranslation. p. 19–34. 2012. transcript Verlag. [Cross Ref]

[19] Mittler Barbara. A Newspaper for China? 2004. Harvard University Asia Center. [Cross Ref]

[20] Richardson Peter. Chinese Mine Labour in the Transvaal. 1982. Palgrave Macmillan UK. [Cross Ref]

[21] Schäfer Dagmar. Translation history, knowledge and nation building in ChinaThe Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture. p. 134–153. 2018. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

[22] Van-Helten Jean Jacques. Empire and High Finance: South Africa and the International Gold Standard 1890–1914. The Journal of African History. Vol. 23(4):529–548. 1982. Cambridge University Press (CUP). [Cross Ref]

[23] Zhang Xiantao. The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press. 2007. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

[24] Zhao Yunze, Sun Ping. A History of Journalism and Communication in China. 2018. Routledge. [Cross Ref]