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On the bustling streets of Brazzaville’s so-called “Ghost Market,” a Chinese food vlogger nicknamed Bing Shu captured what he called the “national dish of Congo”: a fresh-killed crocodile feast, right off the street-side chopping block. His wide-eyed reactions to grilled monkeys, with teeth still intact, and bubbling ...
TOPSHOT - A giant screen outside a shopping mall shows news coverage of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
In recent months, amid U.S. military interventions in Venezuela and Iran, questions about how China responds to threats facing its “allies” – if they can be described as such – have resurfaced with increasing frequency in policy circles worldwide, including across the Global South. This ...
A Crocodile Feast in Congo Brazzaville Sparks a Cultural Reckoning on Chinese Social Media
On the bustling streets of Brazzaville’s so-called “Ghost Market,” a Chinese food vlogger nicknamed Bing Shu captured what he called the “national dish of Congo”: a fresh-killed crocodile feast, right off the street-side chopping block. His wide-eyed reactions to grilled monkeys, with teeth still intact, and bubbling ...