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Code-switching in the conversations of the Chinese trading community in Africa: the case of Botswana

How English, Setswana, and Chinese are used to accomplish business goals in Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

Anthonia Eboseremen Akhidenor
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As China continues to increase diplomatic and trade relations with about 53 African countries, the position of China becoming the largest trading partner of Africa cannot be over-emphasized, as numerous academic studies and journalistic reports have documented (e.g. Bodomo & Ma, 2010; Laribee, 2008; Mohan & Tan-Mullins, 2008; Mung-Kuang, 2008; Beijing Xinhua, 2005). By the end of 2008, about 1,600 Chinese companies had invested in African countries with a direct investment stock of US$7.8 billion (Wen Jiabao, November 7, 2009, the Opening Ceremony of the China-Africa Business Conference).

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English Today , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 30 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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