A month was too long for Ghanaian President John Mahama, who on May 14 ordered a crackdown on what his administration deems illegal Chinese prospecting. Ghana has been inundated with migrant gold miners in recent years and the vast majority — an estimated 50,000 — are Chinese from Shanglin county. The Chinese miners claim they were operating in legal partnership with local Ghanaian landowners (although many admit to not having valid documentation). Hundreds of miners, including Yang, were rounded up and deported a couple of weeks ago. Most have since slowly made their way back to the mountain villages in one of China’s poorest regions.
http://world.time.com/2013/07/04/africa-or-bust-chinese-gold-miners-take-huge-risks/?iid=gs-main-lead
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