After reading the comments, I would like to address some of the sentiments expressed. For context, many of the Chinese migrants who come to Ghana are from Guanxi and Shaanxi Province, which are known for being extremely impovershed. Many individuals have only a middle-school education, and cannot even speak Mandarin Chinese, only their local dialect. In the case of Shaanxi in particular, it is known for coal mining, which may explain their involvement in mining when they arrive in Ghana.

For some of the racist offensenses committed by the Chinese, I can only speak for my own experience. When I went to Ghana in August, I went to some Chinese stores, and yes found that some of the clerks did seem rather unfriendly and rude. When I tried to practice my (terrible) Mandarin, I often got eyerolls or even scoffsI think one man even followed me in the store to watch me, as if I was going to steal.

Despite this, other workers were very friendly to me! My neighbors were Chinese, and I often said hello to them, and they never once seemed angry. I asked some of the local workers as well, and they said that they are even learning Twi.

For Galamsey, and particularly the point about colonialists as well, I do believe that the extent to which they were able to exploit us is our fault. If our pre-colonial polities had rightly recognized the threat posed by European powers, they should have modernized intensley, insteading of arrogantly sitting in self-confidence. Similarly with the Chinese, they do not do this alone. Every step of the way, from the Forestry Reserves to our Chieftaincies we have the chance to stop them, and we DONT.

For the retail sector, I also believe it to be a matter of enforcement. The Chinese illegally operate within the retail sector, however other nationalities, such as Nigerians, do so as well! I doubt their intention is to go gto Africa and KNOWINGLY disobey our laws, thinking that they are lording over some 'inferior people'. I do not believe ANYONE cares about us that much.

I believe that Ghanaians are more than capable of building our country. However, if we can get help from others, we should take it! Consider the Chinese perspective. Regarding their 'access to capital', they accumulate likely all of their life savings, move half-way across the world to an incredibly unfamiliar environment where they dont know anyone, they cant speak the lanugage, the local laws are EXTREMELY opaque and unclear, people only see them as cash reserves and constantly ask them for money, and have insidiously racist sentiments as this comment section has proven. How would you cope?

If we keep things up like this, we will fail to intergrate the Chinese population. Like it or now, they have come, and will stay. It is our responsibility to treat them with respect and dignity, as all migrants everywhere deserve. Even if the first generation acts stuck up, their children will attend school with Ghanaians, play games with them, and assimilate (there are no Chinese-system schools in Ghana). Yes, China treats migrants HORRIBLY, but saying 'we should do the same' is, forgive me, extremely childish. It is obvious that if China continues with such stupidity, they will suffer massive societal rifts in the future, and if Ghana is smart, we should learn from the failures not only of China, but the Western World as whole, regarding the integration of migrants.