Most central Asian merchants returned home at the end of the caravan season.
South Asian merchants, too, have begun to populate the markets selling gemstones and jewelry.
Asian merchants and manufacturers recognize Vietnam's potential.
"Don't be so garish," he admonished a South Asian merchant.
Roseland residents were blaming their problems on Asian merchants who had established the successful businesses.
None of the Asian merchants appeared to take offense at his comments.
There were also many Chinese middlemen who handled most of the trade between the European and Asian merchants.
Asian merchants and their black customers have often been on uneasy terms.
But following that move, a group of angry vendors called for a boycott of stores on 125th Street owned by white and Asian merchants.
Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia.