Guan Yuan Xi Road is a busy four-lane road that runs straight through the San Yuan Li neighborhood; the main artery of the marketplace. Africans walk to and from their shops hauling packaged goods wrapped in green burlap sacs, ride between markets on Chinese motorcycle taxis, and linger in front of their shops waiting for customers. The San Yuan Li police station stand ominously not more than 100 feet from the San San Market, and at least once or twice a week officers patrol the area looking for illegal activity and randomly checking poeople's documents.