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By Alex Lennane
The bamboo capitalists are a growing class of Chinese traders, kitting out the emerging middle class with aspirational goods. Here The Economist takes a glimpse at the biggest Chinese shopping mall outside China – the Dragon Mart in Dubai – and shows how both in trading and manufacturing terms, Europe is being left out of the loop that will see greater business between China and Africa. “The dragon’s coils encircling the world are getting tighter by the day.”