The China-Africa relationship is being reset for a post-Covid world
African governments might be willing to maintain a “win-win” relationship with Beijing, but African citizens are starting to ask tough questions about China. …
When Tony Mathias, an exchange student from Uganda, was forced out of his apartment in April in the city of Guangzhou, China, he didnāt realize he was part of a dangerous trend that had kicked off in the southern port city.
āIāve been sleeping under the bridge for four days with no food to eatā¦No shops or restaurants will serve me,ā the 24-year-old told the AFP news agency. āWeāre like beggars on the street.ā
On social media, it became clear that Mathiasā experience wasnāt an isolated incident in Guangzhou. With the worst of the coronavirus behind it, local authorities were scrambling to stop overseas travelers from causing a second wave of the outbreak in Chinaās third-largest city. But it soon became evident that local officials and landlords were not applying caution equally. They were particularly overzealous when it came to Africans.
