"22 years of independence and thousands of construction tenders worth
billions of dollars have been awarded mostly to Chinese contractors, yet
we find poverty, lack of housing, unemployment, dilapidated school
buildings, hospitals and roads in our country... Chinese are robbing our people with their poor business practices,
killing our local businesses and due to the working conditions most of
our people working for Chinese companies are left with diseases, such as
TB and skin diseases. These people are also not
environmentally-friendly and are destroying our environment."
http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9833:poverty-and-the-chinese-way&catid=13:letters&Itemid=105
Socialist Banner has posted on several occasion upon Chinese expansionism, and has not shied away from describing it as a new imperialism and neo-colonialism. However, we must caution against racism and xenophobia. We must differentiate between the Chinese state and their corporations exploiting for profits and the Chinese migrant workers who, similar to the African or Latino poor, search for a better life for themselves and their families. The solution is solidarity between Namibian workers and Chinese, uniting against their common enemy, the capitalist class.
http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9833:poverty-and-the-chinese-way&catid=13:letters&Itemid=105
Socialist Banner has posted on several occasion upon Chinese expansionism, and has not shied away from describing it as a new imperialism and neo-colonialism. However, we must caution against racism and xenophobia. We must differentiate between the Chinese state and their corporations exploiting for profits and the Chinese migrant workers who, similar to the African or Latino poor, search for a better life for themselves and their families. The solution is solidarity between Namibian workers and Chinese, uniting against their common enemy, the capitalist class.
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