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Thu 08 Aug 2008Local trade suffers as China chases the African consumer
CHINA'S AFRICA - Part 5:Cut-price imports are making it difficult for African producers and exporters to develop, writes Mary Fitzgerald
EARLY EACH morning the Chinese traders come to Kamwala market, a sprawling maze of shops, stalls and alleyways in the heart of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. They arrive before everybody else to open shutters, arrange the merchandise and then hand over to the Zambians they have employed as shopkeepers.
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