[dp0622]

Wow have I missed something!!!

What the heck has been happening between Zambia and China that I’ve completely missed!

I have to plead ignorance on this.

And many other things :)

But just this for now.

[a fool in paradise]

The people who said Western Imperialism is bad have opened the doors for Chinese Communist Imperialism

[untenured]

Chinese companies, under CCP guidance, having been engaging in all kinds of business activities in numerous African countries — a lot of trading (improts and exports between the countries), some manufacturing, and a lot of resource extraction — for many years now. Their employees are usually decently paid by local standards, and some Chinese are serious about integrating into local society (even marrying locals). But the workers are often subject to a lot of rules that they probably find demeaning.

What the average African feels about the Chinese varies from country to country, but there is significant anti-Chinese sentiment, which hasn’t been been made any better by Covid. From what I understand Zambia is a country where anti-Chinese sentiment is just about the greatest, and China has become a substantial political issue there.