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@article{ Xiao2015, title = {In the Shadow of the States: the Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in Nigeria}, author = {Xiao, Allen Hai}, journal = {Journal of Current Chinese Affairs}, number = {1}, pages = {75-105}, volume = {44}, year = {2015}, issn = {1868-1026}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-8163}, abstract = {"The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people, the dominance of self-interest over cohesion and mutual support among the Chinese compatriots, and variations in state policies due to dynamic and changing interstate relations. To overcome their position of weakness, small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs strategize their interactions with both Nigerian and Chinese nationals. Informality is a characteristic of such interactions. Economic informality is primarily embodied in the documentation service businesses that are indebted to those popular corrupt practices in Nigeria; while social informality takes place in cyberspace. Interaction via the Internet among Chinese involved in Chinese-Nigerian businesses helps small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs to cope with fluctuations in interstate links at the macro-level and to develop a sense of community." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {Kleinbetrieb; small business; Chinese; Chinese; Nigeria; Nigeria; Vulnerabilität; vulnerability; Korruption; corruption; informelle Struktur; informal structure; China; China; Westafrika; West Africa; Entwicklungsland; developing country; Ostasien; Far East}}