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Chinese Vlogger Fyjo Molly Wants You to See Africa in a Different Way
Fyjo Molly uses an unusual way to phoneticize her English YouTube handle name. The Chinese characters for Africa, 非洲, are typically spelled “fei zhou” but writing it as “Fyjo” Molly put her own little twist on the name, much like her ...
‘White South Africans’ Starts Trending on Twitter After Woman’s Comments About Hong Kong Protests
A white South African woman who moved to Hong Kong has become a topic of discussion on social media after a video of her making a plea for Hong Kong protests to stop went viral. The young woman dressed in ...
China's Got a Trust Problem in Africa
Throughout the history of China's engagement in Africa, even today, Beijing has spent most of its time and resources to foster ties with elites across the continent. And it's done a remarkable job. Political leaders across Africa have built strong relationships with their counterparts ...
How Media Both Reflects and Directs Increased Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Zambia
This week Eric and Cobus discuss the recent surge of anti-Chinese sentiment in Zambiawhere public anger is on the rise against politicians in both Lusaka and Beijing.
Previewing the Upcoming FOCAC Summit Through the Media's Lens
With the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit now just weeks away, international press coverage of the event is now ramping up. Over the past several weeks, Eric & Cobus have done a number of interviews with journalists around the world about what ...
[TRANSLATION] 10 Things Chinese People Should Know About Doing Business in Africa
One of the most common criticisms of the Chinese in Africa is how difficult it is for "outsiders" (i.e. non-Chinese) to engage them in any kind of open dialogue. In many African countries, the Chinese community is widely perceived as reclusive, even isolated, from the broader community. Some of this ...
[TRANSLATION] Chinese Online Reactions to #RacistRestaurant in Nairobi
Special to the China Global South Project On March 24th, a Chinese restaurant in Kenya stirred up a heated discussion among the local Chinese community. Subsequently, numerous comments had been made by the local Chinese people in the following days.Unfortunately, such discussions didn’t reach the ears of local residents ...
How Social Media Impacts China-Africa Relations and Migration
By Jinghao Lu and Cobus van Staden Why is the Internet so important in the lives of Chinese migrants to Africa? Many scholars have pointed out that the Chinese employees of Chinese enterprises in many African countries are willing or encouraged to live an isolated lifestyle away from ...
Will Western Media Report Good News About the Chinese in Africa?
Recently I met with a journalist from a major British media outlet here in Johannesburg. I love having conversations with my journalist friends because from them I can see how the world is going to be informed about China-Africa related topics. I am always curious of what interests western ...
Anti-African Discrimination on the Rise in China
At least in the governmental level, promoting “people-to-people exchange” between China and Africa was mentioned all the time. However, most of the people-to-people interactions between Chinese and Africans are not through government initiatives of sending a group of African students to a Chinese university in Zhejiang Province, or dispatching a ...