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Cold from Gold: Chinese Miners Face New Realities in Ghana

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  • Daniel Nkrumah

    (Department of Language and Communication Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. nkrumahdan@gmail.com)

  • Daniel Norris Bekoe

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. dannynorris86@gmail.com)

Abstract

China has maintained strong relationships with many African countries, and Ghana is one such country. While the two countries have normally enjoyed good friendly relations, concerns over the involvement of Chinese citizens in small-scale mining in Ghana threaten the cordial relationship between the two countries. There is evidence of a cultural evolution and a gradual shift from a culture of enthusiastic reception of local people to the Chinese in the area of mining to one of cold reception to Chinese interests in mining communities. There is also evidence that this cold reception to Chinese miners is stimulated by non-state actors led by the media and inspires in Ghana a new paradigm of more rational engagement with China at the political level, although challenges still remain.

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  • Daniel Nkrumah & Daniel Norris Bekoe, 2022. "Cold from Gold: Chinese Miners Face New Realities in Ghana," China Report, , vol. 58(4), pages 371-389, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:chnrpt:v:58:y:2022:i:4:p:371-389
    DOI: 10.1177/00094455211066731
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