Baohanzhi Street, located near the center of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, attracts many African Muslims who live and do businesses there. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

The Baohanzhi Street, close to the TV stations and government offices, has becomes a favorite location for Africans settling in Guangzhou. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Baohanzhi Street becomes very busy in the evening, when business vendors and Africans flock there after a day’s work. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Several American women wearing turbans visit a vegetable stall. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

A chic Cameroonian goes home after shopping. As he has been in Guangzhou for a long time, he knows where to purchase cheap and fashionable clothes. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Many store owners complain that the clothes vendors steal too many of their customers, however it is the clothes vendors who bring so many African customers to the street. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Two Muslim women sit at a barbecue stall at 10:00 pm. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Several beauty saloons are favored by the Africans living on Baohanzhi Street. Africans have also opened beauty saloons at Dengfeng Plaza. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Africans making calls on public telephones on Baohanzhi Street. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

The Africans on the street often stay up until 2:00 am or 3:00 am. Some residents drink and talk for the whole night, only disbanding at 8:00 in the morning. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

An African student buys breakfast from a vendor in Baohanzhi Street. The street is usually quiet in the mornings when other parts of the city have hordes of people rushing to work or school. The residents on this street live a completely different life. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

It is the first time that Morley (transliteration), has come to China. He travels to different wholesale markets during the day for his brother, who owns a trade company in Guangzhou. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

An African man shops at the Guihuagang Leather Wholesale Market. Many Africans living in Baohanzhi Street import goods from Guangzhou to the stores they own in their hometowns. Some of them have opened stores in Guangzhou. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

Policemen wearing helmets patrol the street. They often ask vendors who taking up too much room to retreat. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]

An African man is arrested by the police for not having a valid passport. Many residents of the street are businesspeople, and some are living there even after their passports expire. [Photo by Li Dong/Sina]