Abstract
Since 1990, many Chinese immigrants have come to Romania. These Chinese persons are full time involved in the profitable wholesale and retail trade activities; they have families and children, cared for by Romanian nannies. The study is focused on the particularities of an intercultural dialogue, unique and recenlty highlighted in the Romanian society: between the Romanian nannies and Chinese children, located in a representative urban area for the Chinese minority. The aim of paper is to analyses how two cultures have interacted for the purpose of child care, focusing on the ways in which the life, experiences, attitudes and opportunities of Chinese children are socially and spatially shaped, influenced and structured by cultural features of the Romanian nannies.
Highlights
This paper deals with the subject of the Chinese minority (i.e. Chinese children) and the Romanian majority, and focuses on the concept of care as a topic tackled by the Children’s Geographies, among other fields of research
We assumed that the Romanian nanny for Chinese children constitutes a new type of nanny, different from any other category of nannies known in Romania, or in Western societies
The Chinese parents know that this responsibility lies with a person who does not have specific childcare training and still they are sure that their child will be safe and that their specific needs will be met by the Romanian nanny
Summary
This paper deals with the subject of the Chinese minority (i.e. Chinese children) and the Romanian majority (i.e. the Romanian nannies who raise and care for them), and focuses on the concept of care as a topic tackled by the Children’s Geographies, among other fields of research. Political relations between Romania, located in the Central-Eastern part of Europe, and China, the Asian country with the largest population in the world, have a long tradition, dating back to 1880 (Budura, 2018) Diplomatic relations between these two states were established in 1939 and interrupted two years later, given the geopolitical circumstances of World War II, because of the fact that Romania recognized the proJapanese government in Nanjing. The collapse of ideological barriers in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the political openness of China starting with the 1980s, have created the premises for migratory flows between East and West, shaping the Chinese communities within Europe Under these conditions and beginning with the 1990s, many immigrants from China would come to Romania, where the Chinese community registered a significant growth, in 2011 (the year of the latest census in Romania) becoming the third-largest group of migrants (Ondreicsik, 2012) – 2127 persons. The Chinese minority in Bucharest: A case study of Chinese children raised and cared
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