Cold from Gold: Chinese Miners Face New Realities in Ghana

Daniel Nkrumah and Daniel Norris Bekoe
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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

China Report, 2022, vol. 58, issue 4, 371-389

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.

Keywords: China–Africa relations; China–Ghana relations; Chinese miners in Africa; international relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/00094455211066731

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