Yet Another Social Media Video Revealing Tensions Between Chinese and Congolese Miners

In what’s becoming an increasingly frequent pattern, another video appeared online on Sunday showing a heated exchange between a Chinese and Congolese miner. The video that is now circulating widely on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube does not provide a lot of contextual information as to when and where it was shot and what specifically the two were fighting about.

Here’s a sample of what was said during the 28-second exchange:

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