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China says it has a 'zero-tolerance policy' for racism, but discrimination towards Africans goes back decades
//A black version of the Chinese flag swept across African Twitter earlier this month, as users replaced their avatars to express their anger at the government of China.
//They were outraged not only by widespread reports of coronavirus-related discrimination against Africans in China, but also by claims on Chinese state media that the allegations were "groundless rumors."
//Posting under the hashtag #BlackChina, Dennis Kiplomo, a nurse from Kenya, tweeted: "We expect the kind of hospitality we give to Chinese here in Africa, be reciprocated in their home country."
//"We need a united Africa which will not be slaves of #BlackChina."
//The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has Asia's largest African population.
//Last month, many Africans were subject to forced coronavirus testing and arbitrary 14-day self-quarantine, regardless of their recent travel history, and scores were left homeless after being evicted by landlords and rejected by hotels under the guise of various virus containment measures.
//The incident caused a rupture in China-Africa relations, with the foreign ministries of several African nations -- and even the African Union -- demanding answers from China.
//Yet China's official response stopped short of admitting that the discrimination took place -- or apologizing for it.
//Traditionally, Beijing has portrayed racism as a Western problem.
//China's ties with Africa stretch back to the 1950s, when Beijing befriended newly independent states to position itself as a leader of the developing world and to counter US and USSR power during the Cold War era.
//Beijing talked up its shared history of oppression by white imperialists, condemned South Africa's apartheid early on and gave aid to Africa even when China was a poor country.
Anti-African protests
//The Nanjing event was not an outlier. In the city of Hangzhou, students claimed Africans were carriers of the AIDs virus in 1988, even though foreign students had to test negative for HIV before entering the country, wrote Barry Sautman in China Quarterly.
//in January 1989, about 2,000 Beijing students boycotted classes in protest against Africans dating Chinese women -- a recurrent lightning rod issue.
//Many African students left China as a result. Around the same time, China announced a reduction in interest-free loans for Africa, marking a cooling off of official relations, although ties were never broken.
Full article: CNN, (26-May)
Further reading:
McDonald's in China forbids "black people" from entering
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19497
#Racism #Chinese #African #Ties #Coronavirus
China says it has a 'zero-tolerance policy' for racism, but discrimination towards Africans goes back decades
//A black version of the Chinese flag swept across African Twitter earlier this month, as users replaced their avatars to express their anger at the government of China.
//They were outraged not only by widespread reports of coronavirus-related discrimination against Africans in China, but also by claims on Chinese state media that the allegations were "groundless rumors."
//Posting under the hashtag #BlackChina, Dennis Kiplomo, a nurse from Kenya, tweeted: "We expect the kind of hospitality we give to Chinese here in Africa, be reciprocated in their home country."
//"We need a united Africa which will not be slaves of #BlackChina."
//The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has Asia's largest African population.
//Last month, many Africans were subject to forced coronavirus testing and arbitrary 14-day self-quarantine, regardless of their recent travel history, and scores were left homeless after being evicted by landlords and rejected by hotels under the guise of various virus containment measures.
//The incident caused a rupture in China-Africa relations, with the foreign ministries of several African nations -- and even the African Union -- demanding answers from China.
//Yet China's official response stopped short of admitting that the discrimination took place -- or apologizing for it.
//Traditionally, Beijing has portrayed racism as a Western problem.
//China's ties with Africa stretch back to the 1950s, when Beijing befriended newly independent states to position itself as a leader of the developing world and to counter US and USSR power during the Cold War era.
//Beijing talked up its shared history of oppression by white imperialists, condemned South Africa's apartheid early on and gave aid to Africa even when China was a poor country.
Anti-African protests
//The Nanjing event was not an outlier. In the city of Hangzhou, students claimed Africans were carriers of the AIDs virus in 1988, even though foreign students had to test negative for HIV before entering the country, wrote Barry Sautman in China Quarterly.
//in January 1989, about 2,000 Beijing students boycotted classes in protest against Africans dating Chinese women -- a recurrent lightning rod issue.
//Many African students left China as a result. Around the same time, China announced a reduction in interest-free loans for Africa, marking a cooling off of official relations, although ties were never broken.
Full article: CNN, (26-May)
Further reading:
McDonald's in China forbids "black people" from entering
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19497
#Racism #Chinese #African #Ties #Coronavirus
CNN
China says it has a ‘zero-tolerance policy’ for racism, but discrimination towards Africans goes back decades
When footage of Africans being discriminated against in China for their race amid the Covid-19 crisis emerged last month, it caused an awkward rupture in China-Africa relations.