Posted on 11/21/2021 4:36:27 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a policeman and kidnapped five Chinese nationals near a mine in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, a local official and an army spokesman said on Sunday.
It was not clear who carried out the attack near the village of Mukera in South Kivu province. Relations are already strained between Chinese mining companies and local authorities, who say some firms are operating illegally without licenses.
"An armed group exchanged fire with police. Five Chinese nationals were kidnapped," Major Dieudonne Kasereka, the army spokesman in the region, said.
A spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in Congo did not respond to a request for comment. The name of the mine site was not given.
In August, the governor of South Kivu, Theo Kasi, suspended the operations of six small Chinese companies, ordering all local and foreign staff to leave the sites. Protests erupted in some areas after companies did not close immediately, local media reported.
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oh well ...
Australia’s aborigine thought Chinese tasted great
“Australia’s aborigine thought Chinese tasted great”
But they were hungry an hour later.
Ping
That was fun!
Aren’t these mines the cobalt ? Or metals for electric car batteries ?
re: “Five Chinese Nationals Kidnapped in DR Congo After Attack Near Mine”
SO it begins; WHAT do you suppose their (the Chinese) response will be?
Let China get dragged into a imperialist war. They deserve it. The CCP are the ultimate racists.
Probably, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4764208/Child-miners-aged-four-living-hell-Earth.html
Well of course they will spend a trillion dollars building infrastructure and instituting democratic social programs to win the hearts and minds of the Congolese peoples.
Or not.
The Chinese will learn. Africa Always Wins.
Always.
The Chinese will have a different approach than the US to hostages. Where we want to save every life, China will see an “opportunity”. They wont care an ounce about the kidnapped Chinese. Then when they are killed, they will use it as an excuse to declare an atrocity and take actions in the country and squeeze it worse than before.
that, or they will quietly send in their special forces to kill the kidnappers without a word of publicity. Then suddenly the governmental powers will bring the Chinese back in.
Pei-Ping.
Invade Lithuania. See earlier story today.
Nice. Nice to see the Chinks getting theirs from the locals.
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