The industrious Chinese retailers

  Chinese immigration to South Africa began in 1660, but large numbers started arriving in the 1870s to make their money on the gold and diamond mines. These were mostly Cantonese immigrants. Immigration continued with indentured Chinese miners arriving in the early 1900s. Today there are officially 10,000 Chinese in South Africa. In the last five years, however, between 6000 and 12,000 Chinese shops have popped up in South Africa selling cheap Chinese merchandise. This puts the unofficial

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