Ambassador Urges Ghanaian Media to Improve Coverage of Chinese Expatriate Community

China's ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, together with senior editors from the state-run Ghana News Agency in Accra on November 7, 2024. Image via @ChinaEmbinGH.

China’s new ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, urged local media to avoid simplistic reporting about the Chinese community and called on reporters to resist taking the actions of a few to represent all Chinese in the country.

In a visit to the state-run Ghana News Agency (GNA) last week, Tong did acknowledge that some Chinese nationals do commit crimes but said too often journalists then take those instances to portray a negative image of the entire Chinese expatriate population.

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