Navigating the Unknown Treasures of Guangzhou, China: Ghanaian Traders’ Networks and Strategies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14426/ahmr.v5i2.883Keywords:
China, Ghana, Traders, Networks, Unknown treasuresAbstract
Using multiple ethnographic methodologies spanning a period of 13 months and
collecting data across borders, this paper suggests that African importers’
participation in the burgeoning economy of China is more nuanced than
previously reported. It argues that approaches, motives and strategies employed
by these importers are subject to their trading capacities such as the size of
capital, trading experiences and locations of their imports. For instance, whereas
experienced large-scale traders procure the services of ‘visa agents’ for
convenient purposes, the small-scale trader's need the ‘visa agents’ to be able to
undertake their business in China.
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