Unreported World - Season 13 - Episode 3 - part 1

China's African Takeover
Toiling for survival in the mines of Africa, even children are forced to work here. And behind this boom, the Chinese. China needs Africa's Copper and Cobalt to feed its fast growing economy. The Chinese bring work and money, but it all comes at a tragic human cost.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• state
• capitalism
• china

[JasonDamisch]

Ok, so under socialism, the workers are making 50 pence a day working in a dangerous explosives factory, and under capitalism, you can buy children to work in your carpet factory, or you can use them as sex slaves.

[shanghaiedsigrid]

I really dislike the sensationalist headings given documentaries like this.. It missleads people to think that it's all part of some grand strategy directed from Beijing.

The positive aspect of the Chinese in Africa is that they view it as a continent full of opportunities, whereas the western view usually is hopelessness and pitty.

At the same time, like all businesses, they are in search of corporate profits with no regards for human costs in the absence of proper regulations.

[spinballerina]

@vicent002 Yeah~and Chinese are there to help the poor Africans and make the world a better place.

[slovakmath]

@vicent002 dont be a fool. only a fool would say the west are worse than the chinese. they are both evil and if you are so deluded to think china is innocent then you are a brainwashed zombie who has been forced to believe in communist propaganda. have you ever considered to think before you write or talk?

[odenskrigare]

And let's not pretend that Chinese involvement in Africa is about anything other than China's interests

[odenskrigare]

Either way they're getting exploited

[vicent002]

..u need to know some statistics. Presently there are about 1 million africans in china. how often do you see those things you mentioned has happened? less than 1/100000. mathmatics is very important for you to get objective judgment about ur life..

[musicisakey]

where did you get that from? the chinese government?

[inferno0020]

The British picked on Chinese government because Chinese people have more investment than them.

[Kalydosos]

I read about Nanjing anti African protests in the 1980's because Chinese women were dating African male students.

If this is true its very disappointing I have seen plenty of Chinese men. Behaving? I guess like guys with money, with Ethiopian, Ghanaian and Cameroon women. In Cameroon there are plenty of single mothers with half Chinese babies. Nobody protesting about Chines dating Ethiopian & Cameroon women I've also heard of the same thing in far of north Ghana. China/Africa?