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From Pioneers to Professionals: African Brokers in a Maturing Chinese Marketplace

by Heidi Østbo Haugen Abstract Brokers have played a key role in the establishment and development of African trading communities in China. Nigerians were the first African business people to settle in the commercial hub of Guangzhou, South China, in the 1990s. They initially focused on trade in used vehicles and spare parts but soon […]