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Introduction: From Rejection to Social Change 引言:从拒绝到社会变革

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_002

K. Giese, Laurence Marfaing, Alena Thiel

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A Transformative Presence? Chinese Migrants as Agents of Change in Ghana and Nigeria 变革的存在?中国移民是加纳和尼日利亚变革的推动者

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_009

B. Lampert, G. Mohan

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“Made in China” and the African “China Dream”: An Alternative to the West? “中国制造”与非洲“中国梦”:西方的替代品?

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_012

Laurence Marfaing

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African Cultural Brokers in South China 华南非洲文化掮客

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_005

G. Mathews

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The Chinese Factor in Senegal: Changing Entrepreneurial Dynamics, and Socio-Economic Restructuring 塞内加尔的中国因素:不断变化的企业动力与社会经济结构调整

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_010

A. Niang

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The Impact of Migration of the Chinese Women in Niamey on Gender and Family Relations 华人妇女在尼亚美的迁移对性别和家庭关系的影响

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_004

Naima Topkiran

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Cheat Me in the Price, but Not in the Goods: Negotiating Imaginaries of Authenticity in Accra’s China Trade 在价格上欺骗我，而不是在商品上欺骗我:阿克拉中国贸易中关于真实性的谈判想象

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_013

Alena Thiel

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Social Mobility of Chinese Migrants in Ghana: The Making of Chinese Entrepreneurs 加纳中国移民的社会流动:中国企业家的形成

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_003

K. N. Lam

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This “Made in China” that Gets Africa Moving: Chinese Motorcycles and Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso 推动非洲发展的“中国制造”:中国摩托车和布基纳法索的企业家精神

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_011

Guive Khan-Mohammad

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Early Chinese Migrants in Sub-Saharan Africa: Contract Labourers and Traders 撒哈拉以南非洲的早期中国移民:合同工和贸易商

Chinese and African Entrepreneurs Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004387423_006

Y. Park

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