The leader is selected by the community. He is kind to all people. My community is kind of special. A lot of people did not go to school, so that 60 per cent of the people travelling abroad are illiterate. It is a bandicap. When I came in 2003, I found a lot of people had no guidance from anyone. I decided to get them together to resolve their problems, and it succeeded. There were about one bundred people here unknown to the embassy, and I took them to register at the embassy [...] I think they needed help. Sometimes they would wait for me at two or three o'clock in the morning, and I helped them (Interview with a Nigerian leader).  
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Why do they choose Guangzhou as their first destination in China? One African explained, 'I like Guangzhou. It is very free here. In Europe, people always consider Africans to be poor and always asking for help, while people here do not. We get respect here and people treat us just as businessmen, without prejudice' (Interviewee No. 27) (Li Zhigang et al., 2009, p. 711). Africans are also doing business in Yiwu, the biggest commodities centre in China, Hong Kong, Macau and other Chinese cities.