China has spent the last few days trying to manage a damaging story about how local authorities in the city of Guangzhou have been targeting black African migrants for eviction and forced coronavirus testing.
The story rapidly went global after numerous videos and images of Africans being evicted, blocked from hotels or even being barred from a local McDonald’s went viral on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.
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| China Has Failed To Convince Anyone Videos Of Africans Being Evicted Is Just A “Misunderstanding” |
Beijing had tried to downplay the videos but was quickly put under diplomatic pressure by the governments of Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and the African Union in an unprecedented forceful response from African governments in China-Africa diplomacy.
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