“…The high-level diplomacy also tends to gloss over the internal bureaucratic politics and real tensions in the relationships on the ground. FOCAC also serves a useful function of coordinating the actions of major Chinese actors in Africa (Gazibo and Mbabia, 2012). Among the actors are business actors, who promote the go globalism strategy or benefit from the official diplomatic exchanges, primarily large Stateowned Enterprises (SOEs) and state-owned banks, SOEs at the provincial levels, and private companies and individual businessmen (Sun, 2014: 28) The case of Ghana's expulsion of thousands of Chinese engaged in illegal gold mining (Hirsch, 2013) shows BJIR, Marília, v. 4, n. 2, p.157-197, mai/ago.…”