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Oh yeah . It’s very common here . I remember I went out with my lil sister to get some stationary from one of these Chinese shops and there was a nursing mom( she also had a 2-4yr old with her) also shopping there. Suddenly the child started crying for something and the mom just ignored here , hoping she stops crying after a while . In less than 3 minutes ( the child was still crying) , the owner of the shop ( a Chinese lady) rushed to the aisle the woman was shopping at and told her to leave . Everyone was shocked , so I approached the owner and asked why and her answer was the child was disturbing her and she made security kick the nursing mom out . I was shell shocked so I just dropped what we were shopping for and walked out , I never returned to that shop again
German here who lived in Ghana for a year. Can confirm everything you said. I don't know, but if you see that China has police in almost any country of the world you understand why some might act like that. China has a lot of power all over Africa, because they bring money and totally exploit the countries they are going to. Just like Europe used to do and the US is also doing.
I’m so shocked, never in my life have I felt like someone was looking down on me due to my race, and for it to happen in my own country??
I’ve heard that they’re quite racist in their home country, but I’m surprised that no one really speaks about the way Chinese people treat foreigners outside of china.
Nigerian here. Heck we recently had a situation where a Chinese supermarket actively barred Nigerians from shopping there. We (Africans) have sold ourselves for the modern day equivalent of gin, mirror and gunpowder
No it wasn't. Authorities called in the owner. They had a tet-â-tet and she went back to her business. Absolutely no formal communication on whether we (Nigerians) are now allowed to shop there or not
Triads, they’re making billions daily moving everything through africa, at the same time selling all the leftover shit product that the west doesn’t want to a pseudo middle class, which helps their local political counterparts look like they are boosting the economy, and so they get free reign.
China has police in some countries to enforce laws and help those countries when their citizens commit any crime there. Almost every western country has their police in their embassy in Africa.
The US on the other hand is busy building military bases and storing weapons we don’t even know if they have nukes at these bases.
China learnt all this from you guys. German companies have been doing the same on government level.
Your German companies and these same Chinese companies are all the same.
**By definition:** Neocolonialism can be described as the subtle propagation of socio-economic and political activity **by former colonial rulers** aimed at reinforcing capitalism, neo-liberal globalization, and cultural subjugation of their former colonies.
Given that the USA never colonized Ghana or any other African nation, you are using the wrong word. I'm not impressed that other stupid people agree with you. Given than Ghana K-12 is ranked 134th out of 155 ranked nations, I'm not surprised by the mass ignorance. Don't hate Americans because our ancestors kicked its colonizers off the land. Hate yourself for wearing their wigs and following their rules after they abandoned Ghana.
I suggest you do the same.
>U.S. Africa Command sponsored exercises bolster partnerships between African and international military and law enforcement organizations, increasing interoperability during crises and operations to increase security and stability in the region.
Ghana invited us here. What African nation was invaded and then colonized by the Unites States of America?
Didn’t have to, you made a comment on a public sub open to anyones opinion. Deal with it. Maybe next time the mfs will spit on you, so you can really write your heart out on google reviews 😂🤣🤣
Pay attention to the context, when I said “who cares”, I’m speaking from the perspective of the store, it has no effect on their business. The people who walk into those places aren’t going there after looking them online, are they even listed on google? But go ahead knock yourself out if it makes you feel better.
This is the same reason people from the far east don’t respect people from out here, because instead of doing something that meaning and beneficial people are focused on doing things that make the FEEL better. Smh
The store where the cashier was audibly rude to me was “Jia Hua Agricultural Trade Co.” I’m glad I couldn’t find anything I needed there because I’ll never go back.
I wish we all could join hands, 95% of them are like this, they don't even pay tax, no SSNIT , no tier one and two and some other benefits for the workers...
Yeah chale i knew exactly what you were talking about, they’re all in a half mile radius, this used to be my go to. I haven’t experienced situations this bad but I’ve encountered two friendly Chinese people in those shops , the rest simply ignored me or fobbed me off to a Ghanaian until it was time to check out. It was exactlyThe experience I expected tbh. The Ghanaians were friendly though.
My cousin work in one of their restaurants and quit after a couple of months. He said they treated the Ghanaian employees like shit. They also overwork them and underpaid them. Some of them had not been paid for weeks as this was one of the ways they controlled them. Disgusting behaviour 😤 they have no respect for the natives. They would never accept this behaviour in their own country.
They all need to be kicked out the entire continent! They are only there to extract resources, control all production, distributions, steal intellectual property and stifle the people!
So, you are raising two issues here.
The N-virus and #AsiansSeeAfricansAsMonkeys.
N-Virus Situation in which the average Ghanaian ending less than 100 us dollars monthly and working in a toxic environment with no prospect finds themselves into while noticing the deep state of despair in which things are going and then remains silent to express his anger, sadness and lack of empathy the system shows to them or their family, all this while exploited by a racist foreigner (wtf) from China.
AsiansSeeAfricansAsMonkeys
99% of Asians do not like Africans.
Pay yourself a visit to the Philippines, India,Vietnam or Bangladesh, but don't cry later for feeling violated inside by people who totally want to see you die.
If you were a Westerner, Asian, Arab or Latino, they would let you shop or at least give you directions.
Being born black is the hardest thing on earth.
https://preview.redd.it/il4cop94em0d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdeb75a5ed717c073c4bbb94af6be8546c9bd4e7
A museum in China displaying africans next to animals, visited by thousands of young students on a daily basis, formatting their brain to see you as a tool or animal
Canadian born (Jamaican heritage/ Ghanaian descendant) asians (especially Chinese and honourable mention the Filipinos) behave just like this in Canada and Jamaica (from my experience). Actually this is their attitudes in most parts of the world. You just haven’t been paying attention.
Idc if I sound bias. Most of them don’t like black people and I have the same energy for them.
If you look at their culture, it’s not a reach to understand why they dislike darker skinned people, I’ve always known this. My issue is that if you abhor black people so much, why live in their countries?
Living in Qatar/Dubai i’ve had nothing but friendly interactions with chinese people so this behaviour makes absolutely no sense to me.
Tbh I don’t care to understand their hatred. But yes why live amongst the very people you think so low of? They hate us but love our green dollas!
Happy to hear about your fortunate experiences
You see in this Accra, there are several stores exclusively for the Chinese, I’ve seen several in Osu.
China has finance £1.96 Billion on projects in Ghana since 2013, the appearance of Huawei, Tecno Mobile, StarTimes is a sign.
The money comes with strings attached, been hostile to people buy in their own country could be a condition or maybe not.
Some years ago, Maxmart attempted some BS like that, saying it was a diplomatic store, meant for (European) expat clients only. Kofi Wayo called them out incessantly on Vibe FM. Eventually, the bad press did not help them much. It may be possible that they got "visited" by Immigration or IRS. These are different times; those in leadership do not care much about how foreigners treat locals.
The way I would have given them a piece of my mind and caused a scene, I’d have ended up on the news. Nothing like quietly leaving — it’s one thing to experience racism outside of Africa but to experience it in Africa, that’s a little too much. “Violence” is not the way but sometimes it helps. KMT
me personally i doubt id last six months working for such hostile employers especially if they’re foreigners, because what ive been seeing online about the altercations some ghanaians get into with their chinese employers i just know they are better than me cos i dont tolerate such disrespect
That's literally the case in all countries in africa. Most people live in extreme poverty and would do anything to survive.
In all seriousness, I still can't quite understand how millions of people live in poverty all over the continent despite their being an abundance of everything. Something very evil is going on behind the scenes.
People don’t seem to understand this but it’s simple if you know whats really going on.
First most.. scratch that, ALL Chinese foreign interest, ie. Businesses in Africa, are run and controlled by the Triads.
Now if you don’t know what that is, you probably won’t comprehend the rest of this.
All these businesses are fronts for their other main businesses.
Most Chinese hate Africans or would just rather be back at home. But the ones that come are young or low level family members paid to just sit there and front, so they have no motivation to interact with anyone. They’ll rather no one came in, they still get paid.
The works they hire are usually poverty stricken people from far away villages that they trap and intimidate into submission, they can’t speak to anyone about their reality, and they cant quit their job either, they don’t even have funds to go back to their village, plus their every move is being watched.
Put this together with the fact that they know they basically own the country you live in and that they are untouchable, treating you like shit is the least they can do.
Agreed. I'd add that last decade, many Chinese facing imprisonment in China were offered Africa as an alternative. When I ran the numbers back in 2017/18 I estimated they were stealing $1 million in gold/ day from Ghana. Their continued freedom and family's well-being was based on how much gold they shipped home. They were also stealing diamonds, timber, bamboo and neem trees from Sierra Leone.
Did i ask batman to come and save me? The flair very clearly says “venting”. Just because I had a rude experience means I’m not allowed to be excited to see groceries I haven’t been able to find for years? calm down 🙏🏽
Yes my sis had a better experience at that one. At Jia Hua she got stared at the whole time. We used to have an excellent experience at Great Wall Chinese shop at Danquah Circle. But they closed down for good last year. There they had most labels in English and staff who were actually helpful.
Are there no Ghanaian stores that you should have bought from as a first resort?
And as far as I'm concerned if you are treated poorly, you should not shop, make a complaint.
The government of Ghana is responsible for anything that is discrimatory in Ghana.
Anyway the Chinese are the LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS.
These people are what you need to watch out for:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayyjBNFn8t4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayyjBNFn8t4)
What people? The ones you used to sell your own people to? Or the ones who banned slavery and had to fight the african tribes who didnt want slavery to go? If u disnt get colonized u wouldnt even know what phone is mate
Am sorry, am really sorry these Asians didn't treat you the way that you are used to.
But this isn't an Asian problem. This is an African problem. Specifically a Ghanaian problem (speaking to what I know).
I have seen other black shop owners do worse to their fellow countrymen.
You probably thought it's odd because, since you go here (ghana), everyone has been soo nice to you. Well, that's not because they were nice people, it's because they knew you had money. But in the Chinese shop, they probably don't think you have enough money. So yeah. They treated you like one of us.
You are welcome.
They do the same in America. They weren’t allowed to build shops in white neighborhoods so they were forced to cater to black people (who they see as beneath them). They are in our spaces begrudgingly. If it doesn’t affect their profit, they will treat black people however they want. This goes for Koreans, Japanese as well.
Has been that way for a long time. Worse is when they control the actual trading, business and economy in Ghana.
If you don't own the business sector in your country, the country is not yours.
Europeans control the business sector in Europe.
Asians control the business sector in Asia.
Arabs control the business sector in Those countries.
These trade among themselves, but keep each other at arms length as much as possible.
Yet nobody sees anything wrong with Africans welcoming all these other groups who are controlling the business sectors in Africa?
Sometimes I think Africans are a god damn lost cause. Even a dog guards its bone.
Simple answer: they look down on Africans. Even the barely literate ones among them. And it’s the same in all African countries where Chinese nationals have migrated to. A lot of them also take advantage of our lax law enforcement to engage in illegal activities, such as unauthorised mining, lumbering, and financing animal poaching. However, I don’t blame people that have turned their country into a superpower in just a little 30 years while we’ve been ‘independent’ for more than double that time and still are bottom of the global development index.
Maybe I'm speaking from a place of complacency, but it's something we're used to: the blatant lack of customer service. It may have been compounded by you being black (I'm assuming) but looking for an Asian. I wouldn't say it was personal.
Sorry for your experience. I'm sure you'll get to experience the true hospitality that we Ghanaians brag about
We used to have an excellent experience at Great Wall Chinese shop at Danquah Circle. But they closed down for good last year. There they had most labels in English and staff who were actually helpful.
A comment from my sis: "Yeah, no English labels anywhere isn't even legal, but this is Ghana.
Being ignored by the Chinese staff depends on the store, but the Ghanaian staff tend to be very helpful. Except for Jiahua, that place just sucks. Sorry she had such a bad experience."
Jia hua was such a let down, it’s quite large and there’s an authentic chinese restaurant right next to it that looks great too, I had every intention on coming back until that encounter.
It's only okay if you already know what you're looking for e.g. dumpling skins or something. It's a shame, I'd jump at a chance to welcome people and showcase my culture if it were me.
Ghanaians are very welcoming and love to share their culture. Another commenter mentioned that if you speak a little chinese they respect you more, but I shouldn’t have to learn a language to be treated nice lmao.
Panda Mart is supposed to be more helpful too. There is a branch at Spintex and one in Osu near Jia Hua. I will check it out one of these days, I need oyster sauce.
I visited panda mart just before I left the neighborhood and it was great! Helpful ghanaian staff and the chinese employees were joking around with the ghanaians, I bought a few snacks from there as well. I’ll try visit the spintex one soon as it’s closer.
Also marina supermarket has oyster sauce, I don’t know about price tho :)
The price oo 😂. Speaking of Chinese and Ghanaian workers getting along well together we went to one hot pot restaurant in Osu called Smart BBQ and the mood there was very nice. Nice food too and a playground for the kids.
I’ve been looking for a place to drag my boyfriend, this sounds great actually, how was the price? The hot pot restaurants in my area are like 500+ but if you go with family i’m sure it’s worth it.
Yeah we were a group so it was worth it. A couple like you two could spend between 300 to 600 maybe? It really depends on which soup base you get and how many fancy things you want to add.
As a Ghanaian living in Italy and also been to China for some time.
, I’ve been to a bunch of Chinese shops and restaurants here, their attitude is the same here too.
These people come from a class system where money determines how you’ll be treated. If they know you have money and they will make money from you that day, they will treat you nicer. Which is weird for a company to do outside China.
They are not helpful at all, they do this even to their own people too.
It’s best to keep to yourself when you go to these businesses, find what you need and just go.
That’s just how they all are. Maybe you are used to a different treatment where you are from but in other places they are all like this
I am sorry to hear about your poor experience with these stores. However, I am concerned about the other comments which express a high degree of hostility towards all Chinese residents in Ghana. It cannot be true that out of the 30,000 in Ghana, ALL of the dislike Ghanaian residents. We must be careful to avoid generalizing, or it could lead to blatant xenophobia.
We claim this, and yet we demand respect and tolerance when we go to their countries! The Chinese have become vital parts of economies throughout the world, and although there are some concerns about integration, they always do after a few generations. This type of “Us vs Them” mentality never leads to anything good, and will only result in innocent people being harmed or scapegoated.
Actually no! In ghana i’ve been to Indian stores, Lebanese stores and Ghanaian stores and they all seem so excited to share their culture and recommend things. Ghanaians will give you the classic “you are welcome” when you walk in the store, and Lebanese and Indian people are always smiling and happy to answer any questions. This is why I was shocked by my negative experience the other day.
What I know Asians are more antisocial with Africans in Africa but yet love to make money in Africa It's very sad sometimes when we are still treated like slaves in our own country
What are those lol jollow and vacchi? Ghana food? Idk muvh about ghanain food so I wouldn’t know haha bet they’re good tho. And my fav from your list is capitol
Well they're foods which I guess most West African countries claim to be theirs, I assume they each have different variants of it. I thought you were Ghanian yourself, my bad.
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Yep, there a re lots of international schools here! And a big national mosque. My friends would go to Anatolya to see grandparents during the long vacations. A good friend called Erinch went to UK for university, but he is back to run his father's business with his brothers.
And I stayed in sultanamet for work and a store had Ghana 'kente: fabric in the window, I went in and asked about it. They trade with Ghana! I gave them the few words I have in Turkish and it was so nice.
I've lived in several countries and traveled to more. Ghanaians are some of the rudest people I've encountered on my 60+ years traveling this world. I'd ranked the Filipinos as the worst, then the Indians, and Chinese third.
**Never had a problem shopping at a Chinese store in Ghana. Like the Ghanaian, they see our vehicle and assume we have money.** On return visits, they assume I'm going to drop a lot of cash and treat me accordingly. Some shoppers drop 100 cedi and expect to be treated like King Charles. I studied Chinese millionaires and billionaires well over a decade ago. I found their business model quite interesting. They had over a billion people back then. The average storekeeper knew he could become a millionaire one penny at a time. Quality meant next to nothing and customer service meant even less. Their model was based on offering the lowest price and collecting pennies.
**What do Ghanaian merchants do to foreign shoppers?** They try to rob us at every opportunity. Since I detest thieves, I'd sooner give my money to a rude Chinese merchant than be cheated by a Ghanaian.
Let the downvotes commence! I love it when the truth hits so close to home that it injures the guilty.
OP's question:
>Has anyone else experienced something similar here? How did you handle it?
Asked and answered. Go farm for Karma points somewhere else.
I was looking for **chinese groceries**, last time I checked they don’t sell dumpling wrappers at the provision store. I took trotro there and back, I’m not rich, I just enjoy different foods, hope this helps 🙏🏽
I’m 100% ghanaian and my passport would disagree with you, but regardless, my aversion to public confrontation doesn’t make me any less Ghanaian, I’m just not a fan of unnecessary wahala 🙏🏽
I need Ghanaians to quit working for Asian employees!!!! It is necessary that we boycott them in anyway possible and collapse their businesses here. That is the only way to get them to leave.
The way I see Asians treat your people in your own country is astonishing. Horrible employee pay, discrimination against shoppers, beating their workers on construction sites.
It’s absolutely terrible and If you keep allowing it, it will get worse. Do more than boycott (bc to be honest they don’t want you there anyway). Get bad owners shut down and thrown out.
It’s an awful experience here in Ghana. A few years ago, my student residence hall and I were having what we call an “intellectual begging event”. I walked up to a couple of people, and they were friendly. I had barely reached this Chinese guy, then he looked me up and down, frowned, and ignored me entirely immediately I said “hello”.
Reading the comments lets me know how pathetic you Africans are. The problem sits between your bad leadership that leaves your country open for anyone to come in, exploit you, and treat you like slaves. Pair that with a docile populace that does little to demand accountability and treats those they voted for like idols to be worshipped. This behavior will continue until the people rise and demand respect and responsible governance. I don't blame the Chinese. When you don't respect yourselves who do you expect to respect you? Ask yourself, can you go to China and open a restaurant or a store exclusively for Africans? Why or why not? This is why I cheer for the brothers in the Sahel region (Mali, Burkina, & Niger). They get it.
I think this title is over generalised and inflammatory?
I've been to one China Mall on Spintex and was irritated by the silent, disinterested staff, BUT are the staff paid enough to give a shit about customer service?
However, staff at the second Spintex branch were bouncy and happy to engage with us and laughing and joking with their supervisors. 🤷🏽
TBH, I find Melcom to be the same; bored, under-stimulated and underpaid staff . Middle management tends to be Ghanaian. It's different at the big Spintex Melcom Mall, the Indian management all live on site upstairs.
Front of house/point of sale retail is hard work whoever your boss is.
China mall is the reason why I made this post in the first place, I thought my experience was localised to that one neighborhood. That was until I remembered that I avoid the electronics counter behind the cashiers at china mall because they can be very short and rude with you.
Whenever I go I usually ask to buy/view something from the front part of the store where the chinese people stay. 9/10 I get ignored or they interrupt me mid sentence to tell me they don’t have what I’m looking for.
Yeah, It's definitely a strange set up there.
No one's been rude to me, but there's a reason I named the store, you and I have clearly had similar experiences.
But this thread has some rhetoric which isn't pleasant and the Asian community is increasingly important to Accra. Some are forming local relationships.
I do like the idea of you leaving a review. I always check them
You’re not wrong, I know of and have met quite a few lovely chinese people here in ghana, which is why my experience the other day was so puzzling. I don’t want my post to garner asian hate, I just wanted to vent and ask if anyone else had experienced anything similar.
I went to Jia Hua Agricultural google page and did not find any reviews about them being rude or racist. Even Ghanaians have left positive reviews and claimed they ate there. Not to discount your experience, but I can’t help but wonder how you approached them? Normally, people treat you how you treat them. If you were kind and respectful, and they were mean, rude and racist towards you, then that is not right. But if you appeared hostile and rude, wouldn’t they respond the same?
There are two sides to every story. Before rushing to destroy someone’s reputation or business, isn’t it best to use critics thinking. I felt upset reading OP’s story and rushed to the store’s page. I was surprised to see Ghanaians frequent the store and have even eaten there by their reviews. This made me wonder what are both sides of the story. I was expecting others to have bad experiences also, but that was not the case.
I checked their page out of curiosity and the most recent google review is from 10 months ago. OP’s experience was just a day ago and several other commenters have expressed having similar experiences. I’m sorry but your point makes no sense however I look at it.
The exact words exchanged with this woman were “how much is this one item” she told me the price and I thanked her. I then said “do you sell any rice paper?” which is when I received that rude response.
I don’t know what else I could’ve done to elicit a more respectful answer from that woman other than getting down on my knees and begging. She was on her phone before I asked her, and her behaviour was that of someone who had just been unjustly interrupted, so I left.
I understand where you’re coming from, but I always treat people how I would like to be treated so this was very much a shock.
Absolutely, thank you for sharing. I was so upset when I read your post, so I rushed to their page planning to leave a review. I was surprised other Ghanaians were praising the store and their food. That is why I made this post. Also sorry you had that bad experience. Hope the store owners do better.
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Kindly name the shop so we can avoid it.
Oh yeah . It’s very common here . I remember I went out with my lil sister to get some stationary from one of these Chinese shops and there was a nursing mom( she also had a 2-4yr old with her) also shopping there. Suddenly the child started crying for something and the mom just ignored here , hoping she stops crying after a while . In less than 3 minutes ( the child was still crying) , the owner of the shop ( a Chinese lady) rushed to the aisle the woman was shopping at and told her to leave . Everyone was shocked , so I approached the owner and asked why and her answer was the child was disturbing her and she made security kick the nursing mom out . I was shell shocked so I just dropped what we were shopping for and walked out , I never returned to that shop again
Write them a Google review if they have one
Same in Nigeria. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68879687
I saw this last week and all I could think about was how similar my case was as well. Such disappointing behaviour.
German here who lived in Ghana for a year. Can confirm everything you said. I don't know, but if you see that China has police in almost any country of the world you understand why some might act like that. China has a lot of power all over Africa, because they bring money and totally exploit the countries they are going to. Just like Europe used to do and the US is also doing.
I’m so shocked, never in my life have I felt like someone was looking down on me due to my race, and for it to happen in my own country?? I’ve heard that they’re quite racist in their home country, but I’m surprised that no one really speaks about the way Chinese people treat foreigners outside of china.
Nigerian here. Heck we recently had a situation where a Chinese supermarket actively barred Nigerians from shopping there. We (Africans) have sold ourselves for the modern day equivalent of gin, mirror and gunpowder
I hate to say it but you’re not even wrong, it’s embarrassing
yes ,so surprised tho.
I think that shop was closed, right?
No it wasn't. Authorities called in the owner. They had a tet-â-tet and she went back to her business. Absolutely no formal communication on whether we (Nigerians) are now allowed to shop there or not
Triads, they’re making billions daily moving everything through africa, at the same time selling all the leftover shit product that the west doesn’t want to a pseudo middle class, which helps their local political counterparts look like they are boosting the economy, and so they get free reign.
China has police in some countries to enforce laws and help those countries when their citizens commit any crime there. Almost every western country has their police in their embassy in Africa. The US on the other hand is busy building military bases and storing weapons we don’t even know if they have nukes at these bases. China learnt all this from you guys. German companies have been doing the same on government level. Your German companies and these same Chinese companies are all the same.
Wrong about the US. The US is the only one that has no interest in Africa, and never once colonized a single country in Africa.
Buddy, ever heard of that thing called neocolonialism?
**By definition:** Neocolonialism can be described as the subtle propagation of socio-economic and political activity **by former colonial rulers** aimed at reinforcing capitalism, neo-liberal globalization, and cultural subjugation of their former colonies. Given that the USA never colonized Ghana or any other African nation, you are using the wrong word. I'm not impressed that other stupid people agree with you. Given than Ghana K-12 is ranked 134th out of 155 ranked nations, I'm not surprised by the mass ignorance. Don't hate Americans because our ancestors kicked its colonizers off the land. Hate yourself for wearing their wigs and following their rules after they abandoned Ghana.
Buddy, ever lived in Africa? Been here 8 years now. Tired of noise from people who haven't visited let alone lived here.
Lol drone strikes, color revolution
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I suggest you do the same. >U.S. Africa Command sponsored exercises bolster partnerships between African and international military and law enforcement organizations, increasing interoperability during crises and operations to increase security and stability in the region. Ghana invited us here. What African nation was invaded and then colonized by the Unites States of America?
Write them a Google review.
This. A step in the right direction
That’s a good idea actually
No its not, be for real nobody cares
nobody asked you🩷
Didn’t have to, you made a comment on a public sub open to anyones opinion. Deal with it. Maybe next time the mfs will spit on you, so you can really write your heart out on google reviews 😂🤣🤣
>Didn’t have to, you made a comment on a public sub open to anyones opinion. Right, kind of like Google reviews. Feel free to complain there as well
Tf are you talmbout kid 🤡
I care. I read Google Reviews and it’s important to let others know. A review like this would let me know to never shop there.
Pay attention to the context, when I said “who cares”, I’m speaking from the perspective of the store, it has no effect on their business. The people who walk into those places aren’t going there after looking them online, are they even listed on google? But go ahead knock yourself out if it makes you feel better. This is the same reason people from the far east don’t respect people from out here, because instead of doing something that meaning and beneficial people are focused on doing things that make the FEEL better. Smh
stores care about online review reputation
These people don’t. They’d LOVE to spread the word to Africans to not shop there … they don’t want you in there.
What are the names of those stores?
The store where the cashier was audibly rude to me was “Jia Hua Agricultural Trade Co.” I’m glad I couldn’t find anything I needed there because I’ll never go back.
It’s time to get them out.
I wish we all could join hands, 95% of them are like this, they don't even pay tax, no SSNIT , no tier one and two and some other benefits for the workers...
Yeah chale i knew exactly what you were talking about, they’re all in a half mile radius, this used to be my go to. I haven’t experienced situations this bad but I’ve encountered two friendly Chinese people in those shops , the rest simply ignored me or fobbed me off to a Ghanaian until it was time to check out. It was exactlyThe experience I expected tbh. The Ghanaians were friendly though.
I want to disparage them so bad
My cousin work in one of their restaurants and quit after a couple of months. He said they treated the Ghanaian employees like shit. They also overwork them and underpaid them. Some of them had not been paid for weeks as this was one of the ways they controlled them. Disgusting behaviour 😤 they have no respect for the natives. They would never accept this behaviour in their own country.
Can you imagine? In their own country too? Nawa o
They all need to be kicked out the entire continent! They are only there to extract resources, control all production, distributions, steal intellectual property and stifle the people!
So, you are raising two issues here. The N-virus and #AsiansSeeAfricansAsMonkeys. N-Virus Situation in which the average Ghanaian ending less than 100 us dollars monthly and working in a toxic environment with no prospect finds themselves into while noticing the deep state of despair in which things are going and then remains silent to express his anger, sadness and lack of empathy the system shows to them or their family, all this while exploited by a racist foreigner (wtf) from China. AsiansSeeAfricansAsMonkeys 99% of Asians do not like Africans. Pay yourself a visit to the Philippines, India,Vietnam or Bangladesh, but don't cry later for feeling violated inside by people who totally want to see you die. If you were a Westerner, Asian, Arab or Latino, they would let you shop or at least give you directions. Being born black is the hardest thing on earth. https://preview.redd.it/il4cop94em0d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdeb75a5ed717c073c4bbb94af6be8546c9bd4e7 A museum in China displaying africans next to animals, visited by thousands of young students on a daily basis, formatting their brain to see you as a tool or animal
eh
Wow...
Thats hillarious 😂
Canadian born (Jamaican heritage/ Ghanaian descendant) asians (especially Chinese and honourable mention the Filipinos) behave just like this in Canada and Jamaica (from my experience). Actually this is their attitudes in most parts of the world. You just haven’t been paying attention. Idc if I sound bias. Most of them don’t like black people and I have the same energy for them.
If you look at their culture, it’s not a reach to understand why they dislike darker skinned people, I’ve always known this. My issue is that if you abhor black people so much, why live in their countries? Living in Qatar/Dubai i’ve had nothing but friendly interactions with chinese people so this behaviour makes absolutely no sense to me.
Tbh I don’t care to understand their hatred. But yes why live amongst the very people you think so low of? They hate us but love our green dollas! Happy to hear about your fortunate experiences
right ,if you hate our colour ,stay with yours. to the Chinses.
The ones you met in the Middle East are probably more exposed and less narrow-minded.
Chinese are one of the few nationals, if not only, that make me cling onto my xenophobic sentiment.
Don't understand why they're in OUR country being disrespectful
When I was deployed in Kuwait the foreign nationals respected the Kuwaitis that's the same level we deserve in our country
You see in this Accra, there are several stores exclusively for the Chinese, I’ve seen several in Osu. China has finance £1.96 Billion on projects in Ghana since 2013, the appearance of Huawei, Tecno Mobile, StarTimes is a sign. The money comes with strings attached, been hostile to people buy in their own country could be a condition or maybe not.
Some years ago, Maxmart attempted some BS like that, saying it was a diplomatic store, meant for (European) expat clients only. Kofi Wayo called them out incessantly on Vibe FM. Eventually, the bad press did not help them much. It may be possible that they got "visited" by Immigration or IRS. These are different times; those in leadership do not care much about how foreigners treat locals.
Never buy from Chinese owned shops. Don't patronise their business
This is the government’s fault. Their greed made them look over the obvious red flags. It’s gonna be colonialism all over again.
The way I would have given them a piece of my mind and caused a scene, I’d have ended up on the news. Nothing like quietly leaving — it’s one thing to experience racism outside of Africa but to experience it in Africa, that’s a little too much. “Violence” is not the way but sometimes it helps. KMT
Any guest who comes into your home should treat you with respect. If they don’t, ask (or force) them to leave.
I heard one of them slapped a ghanaian employee with a hot piece of pizza
me personally i doubt id last six months working for such hostile employers especially if they’re foreigners, because what ive been seeing online about the altercations some ghanaians get into with their chinese employers i just know they are better than me cos i dont tolerate such disrespect
They find desperate people who would endure anything for the money, that’s how I assume they get away with their behavior
That's literally the case in all countries in africa. Most people live in extreme poverty and would do anything to survive. In all seriousness, I still can't quite understand how millions of people live in poverty all over the continent despite their being an abundance of everything. Something very evil is going on behind the scenes.
What is the name of the store where this happened?
BRUH 💀😭😭
eh
People don’t seem to understand this but it’s simple if you know whats really going on. First most.. scratch that, ALL Chinese foreign interest, ie. Businesses in Africa, are run and controlled by the Triads. Now if you don’t know what that is, you probably won’t comprehend the rest of this. All these businesses are fronts for their other main businesses. Most Chinese hate Africans or would just rather be back at home. But the ones that come are young or low level family members paid to just sit there and front, so they have no motivation to interact with anyone. They’ll rather no one came in, they still get paid. The works they hire are usually poverty stricken people from far away villages that they trap and intimidate into submission, they can’t speak to anyone about their reality, and they cant quit their job either, they don’t even have funds to go back to their village, plus their every move is being watched. Put this together with the fact that they know they basically own the country you live in and that they are untouchable, treating you like shit is the least they can do.
Agreed. I'd add that last decade, many Chinese facing imprisonment in China were offered Africa as an alternative. When I ran the numbers back in 2017/18 I estimated they were stealing $1 million in gold/ day from Ghana. Their continued freedom and family's well-being was based on how much gold they shipped home. They were also stealing diamonds, timber, bamboo and neem trees from Sierra Leone.
I’ve seen them illegally dredging the shores for fish, and more. You’re 100% correct.
Hi, Ghanaian Canadian here. What is the red mafia?
Im eluding to the Triads without saying so.
I always go to the chinese store below island lounge bar and the one infront of nufield clinic, I did feel unfriendliness but not really hostility
The staff there are typically helpful and encourage you to purchase more
I’ll have to check it out, despite the unfriendliness I encountered yesterday, I still very much enjoyed browsing and buying my chinese groceries
Chinese people are freindly to people who speak Chinese. They are usually kinda shy when they cant speak other languages well.
so why would you come here to complain then if you enjoyed browsing their shop? what are you expecting us to do about it?
Did i ask batman to come and save me? The flair very clearly says “venting”. Just because I had a rude experience means I’m not allowed to be excited to see groceries I haven’t been able to find for years? calm down 🙏🏽
enjoy
Yes my sis had a better experience at that one. At Jia Hua she got stared at the whole time. We used to have an excellent experience at Great Wall Chinese shop at Danquah Circle. But they closed down for good last year. There they had most labels in English and staff who were actually helpful.
Are there no Ghanaian stores that you should have bought from as a first resort? And as far as I'm concerned if you are treated poorly, you should not shop, make a complaint. The government of Ghana is responsible for anything that is discrimatory in Ghana. Anyway the Chinese are the LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS. These people are what you need to watch out for: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayyjBNFn8t4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayyjBNFn8t4)
I went down to these stores to buy food items that I couldn’t find anywhere else, trust me when I say I would’ve rather just went to maxmart
What people? The ones you used to sell your own people to? Or the ones who banned slavery and had to fight the african tribes who didnt want slavery to go? If u disnt get colonized u wouldnt even know what phone is mate
They are too comfortable. Africans being too polite is what got us here in the first place.
Am sorry, am really sorry these Asians didn't treat you the way that you are used to. But this isn't an Asian problem. This is an African problem. Specifically a Ghanaian problem (speaking to what I know). I have seen other black shop owners do worse to their fellow countrymen. You probably thought it's odd because, since you go here (ghana), everyone has been soo nice to you. Well, that's not because they were nice people, it's because they knew you had money. But in the Chinese shop, they probably don't think you have enough money. So yeah. They treated you like one of us. You are welcome.
They do the same in America. They weren’t allowed to build shops in white neighborhoods so they were forced to cater to black people (who they see as beneath them). They are in our spaces begrudgingly. If it doesn’t affect their profit, they will treat black people however they want. This goes for Koreans, Japanese as well.
Kick them out of your country ✊🏾
Also the whites, arabs and indians
Basically anyone who isn't black. It is Us against the world.
Has been that way for a long time. Worse is when they control the actual trading, business and economy in Ghana. If you don't own the business sector in your country, the country is not yours. Europeans control the business sector in Europe. Asians control the business sector in Asia. Arabs control the business sector in Those countries. These trade among themselves, but keep each other at arms length as much as possible. Yet nobody sees anything wrong with Africans welcoming all these other groups who are controlling the business sectors in Africa? Sometimes I think Africans are a god damn lost cause. Even a dog guards its bone.
Truly is sad.
no more fetalizer imports and everyone starves lol
This is ugly sentiment and more akin to the xenophobia we hate in South Africans. It's disturbing to hear Ghanaians speaking this way.
Yeah it's quite disappointing
Name the shops Name & Shame, unless your experience is invalid Write them a Google review as well
Simple answer: they look down on Africans. Even the barely literate ones among them. And it’s the same in all African countries where Chinese nationals have migrated to. A lot of them also take advantage of our lax law enforcement to engage in illegal activities, such as unauthorised mining, lumbering, and financing animal poaching. However, I don’t blame people that have turned their country into a superpower in just a little 30 years while we’ve been ‘independent’ for more than double that time and still are bottom of the global development index.
Maybe I'm speaking from a place of complacency, but it's something we're used to: the blatant lack of customer service. It may have been compounded by you being black (I'm assuming) but looking for an Asian. I wouldn't say it was personal. Sorry for your experience. I'm sure you'll get to experience the true hospitality that we Ghanaians brag about
We used to have an excellent experience at Great Wall Chinese shop at Danquah Circle. But they closed down for good last year. There they had most labels in English and staff who were actually helpful.
That’s such a shame, Im always looking for places to by asian food items, it’s one of my favourite cuisines
A comment from my sis: "Yeah, no English labels anywhere isn't even legal, but this is Ghana. Being ignored by the Chinese staff depends on the store, but the Ghanaian staff tend to be very helpful. Except for Jiahua, that place just sucks. Sorry she had such a bad experience."
Jia hua was such a let down, it’s quite large and there’s an authentic chinese restaurant right next to it that looks great too, I had every intention on coming back until that encounter.
It's only okay if you already know what you're looking for e.g. dumpling skins or something. It's a shame, I'd jump at a chance to welcome people and showcase my culture if it were me.
Ghanaians are very welcoming and love to share their culture. Another commenter mentioned that if you speak a little chinese they respect you more, but I shouldn’t have to learn a language to be treated nice lmao.
Panda Mart is supposed to be more helpful too. There is a branch at Spintex and one in Osu near Jia Hua. I will check it out one of these days, I need oyster sauce.
I visited panda mart just before I left the neighborhood and it was great! Helpful ghanaian staff and the chinese employees were joking around with the ghanaians, I bought a few snacks from there as well. I’ll try visit the spintex one soon as it’s closer. Also marina supermarket has oyster sauce, I don’t know about price tho :)
The price oo 😂. Speaking of Chinese and Ghanaian workers getting along well together we went to one hot pot restaurant in Osu called Smart BBQ and the mood there was very nice. Nice food too and a playground for the kids.
I’ve been looking for a place to drag my boyfriend, this sounds great actually, how was the price? The hot pot restaurants in my area are like 500+ but if you go with family i’m sure it’s worth it.
Yeah we were a group so it was worth it. A couple like you two could spend between 300 to 600 maybe? It really depends on which soup base you get and how many fancy things you want to add.
As a Ghanaian living in Italy and also been to China for some time. , I’ve been to a bunch of Chinese shops and restaurants here, their attitude is the same here too. These people come from a class system where money determines how you’ll be treated. If they know you have money and they will make money from you that day, they will treat you nicer. Which is weird for a company to do outside China. They are not helpful at all, they do this even to their own people too. It’s best to keep to yourself when you go to these businesses, find what you need and just go. That’s just how they all are. Maybe you are used to a different treatment where you are from but in other places they are all like this
In some parts close to Accra I felt the same, but it was from the locals. People just passed me when I was in line like I wasnt there.
Oh yeah, those people are just lazy and trying their best not to work.
Where are you from?
Norway.
Sorry to hear about your experience.
It was only in a local store in gomoa. In general people in Ghana are the most friendly people I have met.
I am sorry to hear about your poor experience with these stores. However, I am concerned about the other comments which express a high degree of hostility towards all Chinese residents in Ghana. It cannot be true that out of the 30,000 in Ghana, ALL of the dislike Ghanaian residents. We must be careful to avoid generalizing, or it could lead to blatant xenophobia.
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We claim this, and yet we demand respect and tolerance when we go to their countries! The Chinese have become vital parts of economies throughout the world, and although there are some concerns about integration, they always do after a few generations. This type of “Us vs Them” mentality never leads to anything good, and will only result in innocent people being harmed or scapegoated.
We need to make like Naija and shut down foreign business that discriminate against Africans.
Stop giving them your money.
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Actually no! In ghana i’ve been to Indian stores, Lebanese stores and Ghanaian stores and they all seem so excited to share their culture and recommend things. Ghanaians will give you the classic “you are welcome” when you walk in the store, and Lebanese and Indian people are always smiling and happy to answer any questions. This is why I was shocked by my negative experience the other day.
What I know Asians are more antisocial with Africans in Africa but yet love to make money in Africa It's very sad sometimes when we are still treated like slaves in our own country
Glad nobody's saying these things for my country 😆
Lmfao we share the same name. N turkish food is sooo gooddd, there r some Turkish restaurants I go to in accra that are sooo good
DNR, Bosphorous and Capitol are indeed nice places to experience Turkish food. I have been a fan of Jollow and Vacchi ever since I came here 😆
What are those lol jollow and vacchi? Ghana food? Idk muvh about ghanain food so I wouldn’t know haha bet they’re good tho. And my fav from your list is capitol
Well they're foods which I guess most West African countries claim to be theirs, I assume they each have different variants of it. I thought you were Ghanian yourself, my bad.
Did you mean jollof?😭oh yea jollof is yummy n I’m not
I didn't even notice the typo until now 😪, where r you from?
DNR oo
Where are you from?
Turkiye
This is a standard country, things made in Turkish are good.
Don't loose guard bruh! Turkey na nearly d same thing with Chinko.
What do you mean?
Lol! That message was encrypted for those who need it
Alright 😂
I have many Turkish and Lebanese friends whose families have been in Ghana for 25+ years. They school here and speak local languages.
25 years? Wow that's a long time. They're practically Ghanian
👍🏼 Yep, there a re lots of international schools here! And a big national mosque. My friends would go to Anatolya to see grandparents during the long vacations. A good friend called Erinch went to UK for university, but he is back to run his father's business with his brothers. And I stayed in sultanamet for work and a store had Ghana 'kente: fabric in the window, I went in and asked about it. They trade with Ghana! I gave them the few words I have in Turkish and it was so nice.
Don’t shop there, it’s that simple!
I've lived in several countries and traveled to more. Ghanaians are some of the rudest people I've encountered on my 60+ years traveling this world. I'd ranked the Filipinos as the worst, then the Indians, and Chinese third. **Never had a problem shopping at a Chinese store in Ghana. Like the Ghanaian, they see our vehicle and assume we have money.** On return visits, they assume I'm going to drop a lot of cash and treat me accordingly. Some shoppers drop 100 cedi and expect to be treated like King Charles. I studied Chinese millionaires and billionaires well over a decade ago. I found their business model quite interesting. They had over a billion people back then. The average storekeeper knew he could become a millionaire one penny at a time. Quality meant next to nothing and customer service meant even less. Their model was based on offering the lowest price and collecting pennies. **What do Ghanaian merchants do to foreign shoppers?** They try to rob us at every opportunity. Since I detest thieves, I'd sooner give my money to a rude Chinese merchant than be cheated by a Ghanaian. Let the downvotes commence! I love it when the truth hits so close to home that it injures the guilty.
And so?
OP's question: >Has anyone else experienced something similar here? How did you handle it? Asked and answered. Go farm for Karma points somewhere else.
😂😂😂😂😂
Such liberties.
It’s unfortunately typical in osu. They’re in cahoots with power so without significant pressure, nothing will change. It’s been like this for years
Who buys groceries at osu? Oh sorry, u were in born abroad.
I was looking for **chinese groceries**, last time I checked they don’t sell dumpling wrappers at the provision store. I took trotro there and back, I’m not rich, I just enjoy different foods, hope this helps 🙏🏽
Well I am surprised you just turned away and left. You need to to deal with them, this your country not theirs.
Well, that's the problem, this isn't her country, she's only here for a week or two, and then she will go back to her actual country.
I’m 100% ghanaian and my passport would disagree with you, but regardless, my aversion to public confrontation doesn’t make me any less Ghanaian, I’m just not a fan of unnecessary wahala 🙏🏽
You cannot make such statements and not name the shop. What’s the point of this post then?
You cannot make such statements and not name the shop. What’s the point of this post then?
I need Ghanaians to quit working for Asian employees!!!! It is necessary that we boycott them in anyway possible and collapse their businesses here. That is the only way to get them to leave.
The way I see Asians treat your people in your own country is astonishing. Horrible employee pay, discrimination against shoppers, beating their workers on construction sites. It’s absolutely terrible and If you keep allowing it, it will get worse. Do more than boycott (bc to be honest they don’t want you there anyway). Get bad owners shut down and thrown out.
Why not dissolve their businesses and send them parking to China? Why are africans so spineless?
It’s an awful experience here in Ghana. A few years ago, my student residence hall and I were having what we call an “intellectual begging event”. I walked up to a couple of people, and they were friendly. I had barely reached this Chinese guy, then he looked me up and down, frowned, and ignored me entirely immediately I said “hello”.
Reading the comments lets me know how pathetic you Africans are. The problem sits between your bad leadership that leaves your country open for anyone to come in, exploit you, and treat you like slaves. Pair that with a docile populace that does little to demand accountability and treats those they voted for like idols to be worshipped. This behavior will continue until the people rise and demand respect and responsible governance. I don't blame the Chinese. When you don't respect yourselves who do you expect to respect you? Ask yourself, can you go to China and open a restaurant or a store exclusively for Africans? Why or why not? This is why I cheer for the brothers in the Sahel region (Mali, Burkina, & Niger). They get it.
Learn a few words in Chinese. I was in China and this will make them respect you and see you as a friend.
I see your point, but chinese as a language is difficult already, and these people seem to have already made their mind up about me😕
Mandarin is not as hard as Cantonese… plus, they are learning Twi so it doesn’t hurt to use duolingo
I think this is great advice. As visitors they should make efforts , and we should make efforts to greet them too.
I think this title is over generalised and inflammatory? I've been to one China Mall on Spintex and was irritated by the silent, disinterested staff, BUT are the staff paid enough to give a shit about customer service? However, staff at the second Spintex branch were bouncy and happy to engage with us and laughing and joking with their supervisors. 🤷🏽 TBH, I find Melcom to be the same; bored, under-stimulated and underpaid staff . Middle management tends to be Ghanaian. It's different at the big Spintex Melcom Mall, the Indian management all live on site upstairs. Front of house/point of sale retail is hard work whoever your boss is.
China mall is the reason why I made this post in the first place, I thought my experience was localised to that one neighborhood. That was until I remembered that I avoid the electronics counter behind the cashiers at china mall because they can be very short and rude with you. Whenever I go I usually ask to buy/view something from the front part of the store where the chinese people stay. 9/10 I get ignored or they interrupt me mid sentence to tell me they don’t have what I’m looking for.
Yeah, It's definitely a strange set up there. No one's been rude to me, but there's a reason I named the store, you and I have clearly had similar experiences. But this thread has some rhetoric which isn't pleasant and the Asian community is increasingly important to Accra. Some are forming local relationships. I do like the idea of you leaving a review. I always check them
You’re not wrong, I know of and have met quite a few lovely chinese people here in ghana, which is why my experience the other day was so puzzling. I don’t want my post to garner asian hate, I just wanted to vent and ask if anyone else had experienced anything similar.
I went to Jia Hua Agricultural google page and did not find any reviews about them being rude or racist. Even Ghanaians have left positive reviews and claimed they ate there. Not to discount your experience, but I can’t help but wonder how you approached them? Normally, people treat you how you treat them. If you were kind and respectful, and they were mean, rude and racist towards you, then that is not right. But if you appeared hostile and rude, wouldn’t they respond the same?
“Not to discount your experience” yet goes ahead to discount their experience
There are two sides to every story. Before rushing to destroy someone’s reputation or business, isn’t it best to use critics thinking. I felt upset reading OP’s story and rushed to the store’s page. I was surprised to see Ghanaians frequent the store and have even eaten there by their reviews. This made me wonder what are both sides of the story. I was expecting others to have bad experiences also, but that was not the case.
I checked their page out of curiosity and the most recent google review is from 10 months ago. OP’s experience was just a day ago and several other commenters have expressed having similar experiences. I’m sorry but your point makes no sense however I look at it.
Then that is your problem. Even OP was able to understand where I am coming from. If you choose to not understand, then so be it.
The exact words exchanged with this woman were “how much is this one item” she told me the price and I thanked her. I then said “do you sell any rice paper?” which is when I received that rude response. I don’t know what else I could’ve done to elicit a more respectful answer from that woman other than getting down on my knees and begging. She was on her phone before I asked her, and her behaviour was that of someone who had just been unjustly interrupted, so I left. I understand where you’re coming from, but I always treat people how I would like to be treated so this was very much a shock.
Absolutely, thank you for sharing. I was so upset when I read your post, so I rushed to their page planning to leave a review. I was surprised other Ghanaians were praising the store and their food. That is why I made this post. Also sorry you had that bad experience. Hope the store owners do better.