According to Chinese news reports, the Chinese national at the center of a brewing controversy over the exploitation of young children in Malawi in the production of viral videos for the Chinese market has been arrested in Zambia.
Lu Ke was featured in the recent BBC Africa documentary Racism for Sale about the sale of so-called “greeting” or “blessing” videos where Africans hold up signs or say things in Chinese that are often demeaning.
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