跨国与族群竞合中的“中间人”--迪拜中国回族移民的人类学研究

The Middleman among Ethnic Competition and Collaboration in a Transnational Society:An Anthropological Study on Ethnic Hui Migrants in Dubai

论文基于“中间人”理论,以迪拜的中国回族移民群体为个案,讨论他们在跨国生活中如何实现社会融入并在族群竞合中借助中间人角色拓展自身生存渠道。在“一带一路”倡议中,回族为促进中国与阿拉伯国家的进出口贸易和文化交流,以及宣扬中国文化方面发挥了重要的“中间人”作用。作为海外中国移民群体的一个重要组成部分,回族对当地社会的主动融入与文化上的积极展示,成为了阿拉伯人乃至其它国家了解中国社会多元文化的窗口。穆斯林的身份,也为回族在阿联酋社会乃至中阿“一带一路”共建关系中发挥作用,并在保持自己的独特优势方面争取到了更大的操作空间。

The migration of ethnic Hui people has been making a unique contribution to the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),especially in Arab countries.Applying the“middlemen theory”,this paper presents a case study of ethnic Hui people’s migration from China to Dubai.These migrants have not only promoted international trade and cultural exchanges between China and Arab countries including the UAE,but have also acted as middlemen spreading Chinese culture in the region.As an important part of the overseas Chinese community,Hui migrants have actively integrated into the host society,meanwhile opening up windows for Arabic people to understand the cultural diversity in China.These migrants’Muslim identity helps enhance their proactive role in participating in the UAE and the consequent cooperation between China’s BRI and the region,where in turn provides a very suitable space for these migrants to maintain their ethnic advantage during the cooperation.