A summary of the China EDC case study for OCR A-Level geography migration module. Includes useful statistics such as remittance data and connections to other countries through socio-economic, political and environmental means.
Migration rate of -0.2 per 1000 population
0.2% remittances as a % of GDP
0.07% migrant population
HDI 0.752
1850-1949: Open 1950-1978: Closed 1979-2012: Open 2012-: Closed
Many Nigerian migrants have moved to GuangZhou in China, China facilitates this by:
Making visas cheaper and easier to acquire
o So people aren’t encouraged to move illegally
Investing in Africa’s economies
Portable pensions
As they benefit by… Contribution of skilled/non-skilled workers to economic growth through
taxes, sales, trade etc, whilst contributing Ideas, Investment and Innovation
Nigeria benefits by… Trade and profit, motor services & electrical goods (TV, DVDs etc) and
growth of business.
Furthermore, China’s rapid growth means they need to have more minerals and oil and
expand their markets to more trade as well as an increase labour market.
In GuangZhou there is an area called Nigeria Town which is home to over 250,000 migrants.
$30 million daily is sent back to Nigeria via airports and not through banks (3x the
development aid to the WHOLE of Africa)
PULL FACTORS BARRIERS
Major world player Language
Dynamic society Social Inclusion
Opportunity in a booming economy
Established business and trade collectives
Easy visa access and few checks
What’s the situation in Europe?
Dormant/stagnating society
Aging population
Increasing dependency ratio
Gap in labour market
Euro in crisis/debt/unemployment
Short term policies lead to: Nationalism, Protectionism, Xenophobia and blame game
What is China’s strategy in Angola?
China has a deal with Angola where they offer cheap loans and contracts to build rail
infrastructure in return Angola gives contracts to Chinese construction companies to
build them
o China also extracts oil from Angola’s reserves at a rate of 1 million
barrels/day
One sided deals?
Many Chinese people live and work in Angola and remittances are sent home
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