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#1 Parent Sanguine - 2010-11-21
Re New York Times article: Zambia Balances Aid From China and Resentment

"Many Zambians complain that these powerful foreigners are permitted to play by their own rules, plundering the country more than developing it and abusing workers as they go."

Hmm, seems ironic considering the Chinese hatred of foreigners, who came to their shores through out various times in history to plunder their resources. Now the Chinese are the foreigners to fear, also ironic considering the hatred we often illicit simply by being in their country. Ah the Chinese, some of the worlds biggest hypocrites, news at 11.

Owlie - 2010-11-21
New York Times article: Zambia Balances Aid From China and Resentment

Do ESL teachers in private training centers in China find the following familiar / highly foreseeable?

"NKANDABBWE, Zambia Hundreds of angry coal miners pushed toward the locked gate at Shaft 3, shouting and cursing as they neared the mines Chinese managers, who understood neither the English nor the Tonga words of the mob. As the workers butted up against the fence, the bosses grew more fearful and finally two fired their shotguns.

"Two Chinese supervisors, Xiao Lishan and Wu Jiuhua were accused of wounding 13 workers at a mine in Nkandabbwe, Zambia, this month during a labor dispute.

"Many Zambians complain that these powerful foreigners are permitted to play by their own rules, plundering the country more than developing it and abusing workers as they go."

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