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A Chinese Appeal For Compatriots Not to Abuse Local Workers in Africa

by Eric Olander
Videos of Chinese mine bosses abusing local workers in Rwanda (top left), Democratic Republic of the Congo (top right) and Sierra Leone (bottom).

Earlier this year, the head of security at a Chinese company in Zimbabwe posted videos to his Douyin account (the Chinese equivalent of TikTok) that showed him beating and illegally detaining local workers, according to a story published this week on the Zimbabwe Chinese Network (ZCN) WeChat page.

The videos also apparently showed the security boss insulting workers with vulgar racist language.

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