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The expansion of Chinese companies and their investments in Africa has raised issues of Chinese racism against the local population. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] [ 164 ] For example, after a video shot by a Kenyan worker whose Chinese boss referred to Kenyans as "monkeys" went viral in 2018, more examples of discrimination by Chinese nationals in the ...
By the 1950s, Chinese communities in excess of 100,000 existed in South Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius [10] Small Chinese communities in other parts of Africa later became the cornerstone of the post-1980 growth in dealings between China and Africa. However, at the time, many lived lives centered on local agriculture and probably had little ...
When China Met Africa was characterised by The Guardian as 'An eye-opening documentary that puts into concrete images that truism of the geo-political commentariat: that China is a new economic superpower' [3] and The Times summarised it as 'A rare, grass-roots view into one of the most important economic developments of the age'. [4]
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The Tang managed to encroach into the Tibetan territory and occupy Lhasa, until they had to abandon such expansionist pursuits due to difficult climate. [23] The Tang Chinese expansion was checked following the Battle of Talas in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, when the Tang was defeated by the Arabs. [24]
According to the Carbon Majors Database, Chinese state coal production accounts for 14% of historic global emissions, more than double the proportion of the former Soviet Union. [10] Power is estimated as the largest emitter, with 27% of greenhouse gases produced in 2020 generated by the power sector. [5]
The employment mix between Chinese and local African workers varies between projects, yet many projects have a significant positive employment effect in their regions. [1] [12] Chinese agricultural investment has to be analysed in the global context. It has received (mostly unfairly) exceptional international media coverage. [13]
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