Zambia: Under Chinese influence | Reporters Plus • FRANCE 24 English
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2021
- #China's presence is visible all over #Africa. But nowhere as much as in #Zambia, the African nation where it invested the most money last year. The ties between Beijing and Lusaka are strong and have existed for decades. Today, China possesses one third of Zambia's national debt. It has invested in the mining and industrial sectors, but also in agriculture. Some Zambians denounce this Chinese presence as a form of neo-colonialism.
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do another video called, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Senegal, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Dahomey:under control by France
please
If they got to choose Africans prefer to be under Chinese control than Westners.
Then the documentary will not say it's "influence", but “peace, stability, unity and prosperity" under the "governance" of France.
my thoughts exactly... they are just copy pasting what the europeans did...
@@yaredhailegiorgis2512 that mindset is the first problem, African people shouldn't want to be under another other nation.
As an African, we know that we lack funds and job opportunities in Africa. We don’t expect Western countries to help us. They only have benefits and resources in their eyes. At least I have seen Chinese companies provide a lot of job opportunities. They are not perfect. We are not perfect either.
Africa is making £100.000 and Losing £1 million to Foreign Investments.
African need know one.
yes, those problems in video is quite familiar to me. corruption and many new problems will emerge in development. it needs decades of effort to deal with, and will inevitable make lot of mistake. hope Africans can finally find own way to wealthy.
you're right. western media are hypocrite. even Britain spain Portugal France america. only bring salavery to black African. pursing laber not paid.
@@falsch4761 very true
@FuzzerSky pay uighurs for what? Helping USA to smear China and discredit your own race in Xinjiang? Your Uighurs are earning 10x what in Africa and they PPP is higher than what you have in the western world.
“Corruption is everywhere In the USA it’s called lobbying, here in Africa it’s called I’VE CORRUPTED YOU TO CHANGE THE LAW”. Wise words and simply put, straight truth
Ignorance! There are strong institutions in America. Lobbying is part of power distribution. You cannot take bribes in the United States, the FBI will take you down. I don't see anything in that video that Africans cannot do on their own. What we need is leadership, not the Chinese.
@@gilbertmanda1649 hey Gilbert. You must be new to America. The entire system is corrupt. Nothing is played by the book. What world do you live in. And also what do you think lobbying is, mainly an organization or person invests their money in a campaign they want to win and that party recognizes the contribution and hence foreword in the future will keep that contribution in mind when making a discussion or making a decision regarding legislation or laws. They contribute to help benefit them in the future, aka bribe
@@King_Alpha001 Wrong! Africa is rotten to the core!
@@gilbertmanda1649 Africa is a great continent. That’s why every country in all corners of earth 🌍 want a piece of it. But the African citizens are waking up, and the Western placed greedy leaders are being rooted out. Africa is the future stupid
@@King_Alpha001 You have a romantic image of Africa. There are no Western client presidents being uprooted in Africa. Paul Kagame who is looting minerals Congo and making people like Elon Musk richer is a folk hero among Africans. Look at the chaos in Central and West Africa.
French, Western. they want to see a poorer Zambia and a poorer Africa. May I ask the French what have you done for the development of Africa besides exploiting and colonizing Africa?
always the french. this is britsh colony zambia don't say always wrong things okay think a little before speak
It's the british who makes people slaves not french. Do your research before spreading lies.
@@GowthamV07 not true
Brits did nothing amd neither france
Nothing my dear.
😂 France trying so hard to demonize the Chinese.
There’s a lot of questions that can be asked pertaining to the ‘Chinese Investments’ in Zambia, but one thing I know as a Zambian is the West aren’t any better!
The West are worse! China saved Zambia after the West collapsed copper prices. The problem is capitalism -- not the Chinese.
A pertinent question would be " did the Chinese take anything without paying for it.
There were a number of comments about the Chinese businessman being there for his own interest. He is a businessman and the issue to address are (1) did he pay a fair price / wage (2) did he control the to the society there?
Wherever westerners landed in Africa in the last two centuries they brought along their armies to grab land and resources and even enslaved. Chinese were there for business. If the local population is against business then they should just inform the Chinese. I am sure they will move on - you can't do business where you aren't welcome.
@@yawos9024 Lol! The problem is capitalism. And you talk of copper prices falling as if theres some single body called "capitalism" that suddenly decided to bring the price down for no apparent reason but evil.
China accounts for nearly half of the worlds copper demand and its used for domestic purposes. Copper prices have been exceptionally high because of Chinese demand. Once the supply of copper is increased by say, a Zambian Chinese copper export, then prices will be declining as demand for copper outside of Zambia and other exploited African nations decreases.
China is after self sufficiency now. So you should be happy for capitalist copper to be falling in price. By the way, you do realise that China is practising PURE capitalism, right? China is a mixed economic system. Communism that is using capitalism as a tool to securing prosperity. Its gravely unsustainable and hopefully we both will be dead of old age before the world turns into complete Armageddon when 1.4 billion hungry Chinese mouths, coupled with the rest of the population, battle to survive in an almost extinct natural world.
No one is better...the solution is at the hands of Africans, not the chinese and the westerners
@@wongcy713 This is a lot of nonsense better not to even add as a reasoning if you don't fully understand what you are talking about coz the answers to all your questions are Yes, yes and yes! But then again its all about me, me, me isn't it?
the fact that this documentary was made by a french media is hilarious
Remember! Please make as many children as possible, the pharmaceutical industry, the prison industry and the military industrial complex need more clients, while society needs more communists, marxists, bolsheviks, leninists, SJWs, BLMs, , socialists, mercenaries, broken homes, hitmen, hitwomen, drunkards, drug addicts, drug dealers, homeless, gang/mafia members, suicide victims, bullies, bullied, torturers, tortured, mental and physically handicapped. Also, the banks need more people in debt, the workforce needs more slaves as well. etc.ll../
It is quite hypocritical
Exactly what I came to comment.
Maybe it is but the facts remain there
And the media in France has nothing to do with the state, anyone can make the distinction. And by the way your comment doesnt help tha cause. Because those arguments you are giving away, encourage Chinese investors in looting with impunity African countries
My favourite line "In the USA it is called lobbying, and here it's called I've corrupted you to change the law"
Thankyou Mr Haabazoka, you captured the western democracy in a nutshell :)
you mean USA is the whole western democracy? Hahaha ignorance has no limit.
@@leehyunsong7001 so lobbying is confined to the USA? Childish at best ignorant at worst. Lobbying is a cancer on all democratic nations. It should be banned or exposed to public scrutiny, instead it is tolerated because the majority are waiting for their chance at the trough.
@@geotard Western countries are the least corrupted regions in the world. If you think Africa is cleaner or even better, i believe you must be stupid or evil.
@@geotard exactly right! Well said.
@@leehyunsong7001 I never said anything of the sort. I believe there may be a little racism in your response or at the least dishonesty. Africa as a continent has many strong and prosperous democracies such as Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius and Senegal. Europe has it's struggling and co-opted governments but it counters with a guiding light in the EU. USA has a poisonous lobbying infrastructure along with many other countries, and suffers from this as do many "Western Democracies"
Democracy is a Western construct, and not a US creation which is what I was referring to. The fact you see USA as the creator of democracy shows you paid little attention during school.
As a Chinese, I think our Chinese companies in Zambia should obey the local law to protect both Chinese and Zambian workers and provide the good working environment and competitive salary . I wish Zambian friends can have the better life .
Where does it say it does NOT obey local laws? And where does it said the trade between the two nations are not fair? How about your donating your entire family wealth to the Zambian people so they can live a better life?
You are not Chinese，you are a banana man！
like the guy said they dont pay enough first they was told to work 8 hours now they working over 12 hours slave labor is what china is doing they make excuses over excuses .they only there for china they dont care about the slaves the man said they are replaceable
@@meinanfang 请问你是哪个民族的？你也是传说中的香蕉人吗？你这么贬低中国人，白人们就会高看你一眼吗？
At least better than with the west
Zambia is an independent country. If Zambians don't want Chinese in their country, the Chinese wouldn't come. A gentleman just said the Chinese are safer in Zambia than the average Zambian. It's not about race. It is a class thing. Aren't rich Zambians safer than non rich Zambians? We black people complain too much.
I just think about it this way if you went to work in another country would you want to be told you are an invader. There were opportunities.
@@cloudman1006 Remember the Tanzam rail network? Look at the history behind that project. It is argueably the biggest infrastructural project in Africa.
is zambia really an independent country?
The point is why cant the leaders in Africa do what the leaders in China are doing for Africans? The best businesses and infrastructures in Africa shouldn't be owned or controlled by another country. Africans just dont get this🙄
@@unlockedaccount Yes, in the sense that they can deny visas to the Chinese. Didn't Iddi Amin deported all Asians?
ZAMBIA UNDER CHINESE INFLUENCE
Am Zambian and the biggest problem we face is that we like being spoon fed and we get comfortable too quickly, we can not own and run our business and investments we prefer others doing it for us. That's why we are exploited & the exploitation will go on, its only the exploiters that will change. Everything is blamed on the government but we the people are the biggest problem, instead of changing our thinking we put blame on the wind.
The problem with the Chinese is that they’re ham fisted with their approach. They have only recently started to venture out of their country, and are not yet skilled in the ways of sweet talking other people and using diplomacy effectively. They want to manage Africans the same way they do their own people. They live in gated communities, and only communicate with the locals while barking orders. Chinese presence is a net positive, IMO. But if they don’t improve their approach, sooner or later the resentment will boil over. The responsibility to protect African workers and resources lies in the hands of the leaders.
True
Only once have I read similar true words from the mouth of a local and that was a journalist from Cameroon who said to me that if you build a one-story house in Europe and your neighbor sees that he is building a two-story house with us If your neighbor sets fire to your house, you've got to the heart of the African problem.
@@dreyo3654 The Chinese are not the problem. Zambia is the one that asked for help on development and infrastructure. You had decades to figure this out with no one providing any support before China did. Zambia, and Africa, needed to make a move to catch up with the rest of the world. It's that simple.
@@mrhdebater1607 you are right there are speak wite the hate not use the brain
When they said the Patriotic Front govt had zero tolerance to corruption, I literally burst out laughing 😹
The cute little Chinese boy with the local boy such a cute friendship
West media are trying hard to put negative spins on everything China does. But reality is China is building infrastructure and industry in Africa to help local people. This is exactly what China experienced over last 40 years at home. China welcomed foreign investment for it's own economy, and built infrastructure for the future development. This is other developing countries need also. If western countries really want to help Africa, please do so, not just bad mouthing China. China does not come to African with weapons like those western colonial powers such as France did.
You speak of Africa as if it is some kind of country...Africa is a continent, and why do Africans need anyone to do anything for them. Africa was never in need until the European came in and disrupt the culture, economy and philosophy of it's people. Keep in mind no one come to Africa because they love African but for their own self interest and development at the expense of the locals.
Africans dont want foreigners.
China cannot help Africa, millions of Chinese people are suffering like hell.
They seems to be helping but they have nothing good at heart for black people.
Chinese r not looting they r developing u can see the africans just can't invest in their processing.thry were poorer under west now they r feeling more secular and they're getting paid less but still getting paid..one thing for sure corruption and embezzlement will follow but africans should fight for more rights and more profits.enoughnof the plunder
@@dembojuwara9911 westerner
Time is running out for the French in Africa. They can say anything they want. Africans will never forget, let alone forgive, the damage France has done To Africans, economically and culturally. France has up till now clinging on Africa like a leech. Those African leaders who are reluctant to help remove the leech, must be removed as well by the union of African Patriots.
What l saw Africa was in badly need of help in four seperate visits. Start with western medicine. Such medicine can be used to help the victims of slavery in Mauretania. Treated like dogs or worse. A real tragedy if Africans did not sell Africans there would have been little or no slavery in Africa.
@dxnny g how can they be truly independent if, in every turn, European countries intervene in their internal affairs? European countries always put forward a holier than thou facade.
@dxnny g Africa is a massive part of the world and each nation has it's own political directions and complex international relations
Chinese and and European are just trying to colonize things that they never owned because they don’t believe in fairness. Black people world wide need to get it together and get on code . Put your tribalism in the grave and understand what time it is and what needs to be done
"Safety number one"
As he grabs the guy's shoulder who is riveting a sharp piece of metal, with no guard between his hands and the press while also not wearing gloves or safety glasses.
"One" and "Ten" and Mandarin sound the same
right lol
Hats off to Chinese people for helping Zambia building schools, hospital, and creating jobs for the Zambian people. You French should be ashamed for colonizing African countries for centuries! My great respect to PRC and Chinese people!
The other thing is western countries left some African countries isolated and when china came in they start complaining again. Africa needs to stand on its own thats all
They can’t even run a village let alone a country.
China builds roads and hospitals, schools, not manufactories or ways for africa to create wealth. You will sink in debt in longterm. And then you will need more debt - from China.
If western didnt care about Africa, you are naïve to think China does. lol you will learn bro
Yes they need to stand on it on the own 2 feet but if they don’t understand or what they’re doing how can you say that someone need to stay it’s just like if I give you a course and tell you to dry to do this course you don’t have a basic understanding of it it’s like I’m putting you to the wolf but first of all you have to understand what you are doing
They said a Chinese Bill Road so they build a road from the manufacture plant straight to the harbor what about roads to help the people them to get around it on community and ends and out into other places or other to auto countries
The Colonial experience is a lesson in exploitation and how not to let another player, like China, do it all over again.
If I was dirt poor, I wouldn't give a damn what anyone's political ideology is, but if one side tried to kill me and the other is offering to invest in my future, I'm pretty sure which one I would prefer.
The first mistake you make is that the ‘dirt poor’ actually owns the land. So maybe he’s not poor. He just doesn’t know that he can impact his own life by taking matters in his own hands. And not looking outside for a savior. All great nations fought to secure their wealth.
@@paakwesi4395 I don't think there is any comparison possible with the 'great (western) nations', because they all obtained their wealth by enslaving Africans. That doesn't fall under 'fighting to secure their wealth'.
Also, you can own land and still be dirt poor, and if you're dirt poor you haven't got money for seeds, for machines, for irrigation, for workers, etc. They need someone to help them break that circle.
There is no shame in taking help from others if your own situation is a tough one. Just be careful not to sell out everything you have....
@@TheBushdoctor68 There’s no shame in receiving help even these great nations receive help. And oh, fighting for your wealth does not mean defending it alone, it means claiming others as well. Which the great ones after feeling secured on their own lands, decided to do in order to grow and become even bigger. If Africa cannot conquer new lands, the least it can do is to protect what it has. And the best way to negotiate is to seem self-sufficient because a beggar has no choice.
@@paakwesi4395 so france tv or dw (german public tv) is pointing out chineese meanwhile they were doing this since years in the worst manner possible. All that is due the trade war. Now telling you this since years in africa.. how strange dont u think? Europe and usa just pretend to sell a nonsense narrative
@@RhyliezthUniverse of course the media plays a huge role in the promotion of a nation. So we should be asking why Africa itself isn’t selling a narrative that will put itself in a position to benefit the most from its vast resources. Clearly, there is no intention to do so by Africans themselves.
70 Chinese people are buried in Zambia. They died building the railway in Zambia at a time when China itself was a poor country. They did not colonize Zambia nor did China colonize any country in Africa.
What is the problem with France 24?
There is still a French imposed currency in used in Africa. Do they see that at risk now that Africa has a non-colonial choice?
When you see a major hospital, a bridge, an airport, a rail road, there is a good chance that it is built by China.
Here is what colonialist have done. When there is oil, there are minerals, they are interested with strings attached. Some kind of rule of law is imposed with force. Rip off the land and leave Africans destitute for decades.
A good example is Haiti. After 50 years in Haiti. What has Americans and Canadian done for Haiti?
Still destitute after 50 years.
The former President of Philipines said it best. America used Philipines as the door mat, living off the fat of the land. That is the kind of Western Influence we have seen for 50+ years.
I am very glad that so many reasonable people understand the evil intentions of these people towards the Chinese, thank you for your wise comments!
Don't use western tools in order to improve your lifes!
Evil intentions towards a country that you’re trying to take over and mistreat? If it’s so bad then stop trying to go to their country and steal their natural resources which your country doesn’t have. Gtfohwtbs!!! The fact you say these people is very telling and disgusting
1) Who is the BIGGEST DEBT Holders in AFRICA ?
Fact says the American + European are holding 85% of African Debt.
2) PRC CHN Debt interest for AFRICA = 2.7%.
Who is the Trapping AFRICAN with huge Choking DEBT Load
of high interest higher than 5.4+ % ?
Of course, none other than the American + European people.
@@curiga1st141 ch1ng cㅐang ch0ng
The French are parasites who only whine about China while actually stealing Africa's resources to this day. Look up the CFA Franc monetary system. France is stealing Africa's trade surpluses through that system and any African country that refuses to comply is sanctioned and their leaders assassinated. Why isn't France24 doing an investigation journalist piece of the CFA Franc system if they are so concerned about Africa???
The Most poorest country in Africa were colonized by France and French speaking countries such as Belgium
They don't want you to mention that. Western countries are just pissed off because China is cutting in their business of looting Africa uncontrollably and unquestionably.
My country was colonized by france im from algeria
And still Africa needs more diversity of white and Asian cultures
@@NationalismDjazair Algerians were taking slaves from France every morning before the colonization.
@@Liberation_from_the_matrix yeah that was fun
They are creating jobs makind hospitals and schools for Zambia people , so my respect for the chinese investors ! Yes they get rich investing in other country but they did’t invade them and steal like the france people did !My respect for Chinese people !🙏🏻
CCP paid troll
Teri Jengki You always CIA paid, so think pro-China was CCP paid? CCP do not have money for anyone, don't use your dirty brain to think others
@@banser_itu_anjink so you are paid for commenting ? Tsk tsk tsk.
France should be the last nation after Britain to lecture anybody about influence in Africa.
The Chinese come and buy or rent the land. Hire locals and pay them.
The west: "Chinese is taking over Africa"
The west forget that their ancestors came to Africa, Conquered, Killed and took the land without pay a single penny and forced the Africans as slave labors on the farms.
What an Hypocrisy
9:37 The most important aspect of this doc is the relationship between the Chinese boy and the Zambian youngster. Hope for the future.
That little boy was his slave and protector !! Same system that was used in slavery in the U.S. !!! 🙄🙄🙄
Chill Nat, that sort of mindset doesn't work here 😌
No racism detected in the minds of those youngsters, hope they grow up like that in the future.
I wish much success to the Zambian people, and the people of Africa. The world is getting smaller. I pray for peace on earth.
yes i agree with you. As a chinese i know our people whereever we are we always know the respect with local people and get a win win situation. and i know the western media have a huge influence in the world by now . but their action ALWAYS show that to destroy the chinese is their priority, but their action never care about the real affrical people and their development. they only care their the top of the chain.
World is getting more coloured whites don't like it they want their own space be warned
Been to Zambia, been with Zambians, many Zambians say so. I couldn’t distract them talking about French atrocities. I believe the question is, if the Chinese-Zambian partnership will produce wealth and benefits for the ordinary Zambians.
wealth, very little.
but benefits definitely. the chinese will need a better infrastructure.
roads, etc cant be moved. so even if the chinese leave the zambians will have roads and all that.
hofeully there will be universities, that is the key to lifting a nation from poverty.
Stupid wumao, zambia was colonised by the british not the french
Better than the Bible or Bombs from the West.
Bible is perfectly fine. It is the bombs and liars from the west aren't.
There is two bombs in that line. 💥💣
do you prefer The suicide vests from the east?
@@SW-fy8pq Bible endorses and condones slavery and some still think it is perfect
@@Biobele 🤔 wondering why they willing to kills themselves just to kill their perceived enemy?
biggest difference is that the french treat africans as PROPERTY and the chinese treat africans as trade PARTNERS. Big difference.
French news channels are more concerned about Africa now but can someone tell them their past history with France.
Lmao!!! True story.
Better than what france is doing.
Wumao
There's no better both ways. That's a stupid statement.
@@coment6 it's just a fact. France is still colonial.
@@annalisagomes2743 very stupid from a poor thinker indeed
They are both wrong but at least China is adding something good to the country. What did France add positively to Africa? Nothing!
I am a Ghanaian and seeing this made me cry and I don't blame the Chinese people I blame us Africans for our greed and endless such for ridiculous opulence that holds no real value in the grander scheme of things what's the point of having twenty houses when your neighbor can't even afford a decent meal. It's completely ridiculous how difficult it is to access capital from financial institutions in my country because the rates are just insane we are really doomed we will continue to be slaves in our own country unless ...
The Chinese have learned too much from capitalist greed that has dominated the world for so long, from Britain to US to Japan and now China. Just rampant capitalism that doesn’t care for human lives but see them as tools for profit
@@feather563 the chinese have a huge history prior to the Europeans, do your research. They have wanted to control all land and human since before the ming dinesty . Do research please you will see they have always been a controlling communist government long before they even knew white people existed
The leftover corruption created by years, and years of previous colonialism.
I see no wrong in chines investing in the country to make profit as it is the motive of every business person. Their presence is important to zambia being a poor country and have inept leaders just like most black africa countries leaders.
A lot of people are complaining about the Chinese doing business there but it’s because they’re the only ones taking the chance in Africa. Why aren’t the rich and affluent Blacks from all over the world taking their chances with the opportunities in Africa. I salute to Akon, the only celebrity from Senegal and returning home to do big things in Africa.
Everyone in the comments who thinks this is positive should look at Sri Lanka, you might change your opinion on this "great chinese influnece ". Also check out Angola and learn more about this "great impact" of Chinese influence and how it's affecting their economy and independence as they'll fail to pay their debt to China and be ruled from Beijing !
@Terence T Bro what are you talking about? I haven't tied up anyone.
Few people seem to care about African debt to China, because paying back will only be on the next generations...
@@sic_transit_gloria_mundi I agree. People forget loans aren't free gifts. And as you said they don't care because the next generations are the ones who will have to deal with it. And also because its Africa.
Free my Zambia 🇿🇲 people . Love ❤️ from Somalia 🇸🇴
Who is going to free them?
I am from Zambia, my whole family life is getting far better today thanks to chinese investment. I was born with nothing, now my family have TV, computer, internet and even cars. This was not even close to possible for most Zambian people 10 years ago. Thank you china from Zambia, we stand with you on this one. European people and its leader dosent want africa to stand up, with help from china we will one day stand tall.
You said they not blood or work for free
@@user-hl9mm6om4k White people dosent care about africa and african people, pretending to be nice, but act dishonest behind our back. We will stand tall one day, me and my brothers and sisters will catching up to euopean countries.. Chinese people stay in africa and creating jobs, dosent look down on my people, accepting our culture, mixing with our people. Teaching and building roads and everything. Zambia is still poor, but atleast we have somewhere to go and our future is in our own hands. Westerner dosent know how to be poor and be looking down on, chinese people and african people know how to be hungry.
@@mittao86 I hope china was the light to ya'll darkness as other countries wants to keep ya'll poor in the dark for their own personal political gains. China is Not giving you a fish to eat for a Day, China is Teaching you how to fish for a lifetime. Please enlighten the next generations to learn how to fish also to survive. This is a opportunity turning point for africa to flourish and compete with other countries. Indulged those skills and innovations being taught. You once looked up in the sky at night and wish on day if you can reach the stars in outer space. Now is your chance to become an astronaut to do that with China's help. Though it may take hard work and sacrifices. It will be better for your nation as a whole in the future. As china was faced with the same with American for low manufacturing labor cost. Look at them NOW!
This is really embarrassing... Smh I think you did well to confine this to your family alone.
@@mittao86 Food>Job>Education>Wealth, simple steps how China rise in 30 years, words cannot describe the difficulty and complication of each steps. But once you starting to go forward, your goal is getting closer, and always remember "actions speak louder than words".
I hope Africa can keep its peace and stable, and we can see their rise and people happiness with its life
West: "We have extracted Africa's wealth for more than a hundred years, and very proud of it :D"
China: "Let's actually develop businesses inside of Africa"
West: What?! That's horrible, you're destroying the continent, those poor people actually having jobs now, you are Satan!"
Your days are numbered not just in Africa, but on this planet!
@@tyronemckeiver1674 Not true, we still can join the CCP... hail China!
China : let's extract ressources in guise of helping by building 2-3 buildings
Africa : yay
You are a fool if you believe that China's intention in Africa is different from that of the West.
Both of them are no good for Africa. Africa can do for themselves just like China did. Black where the first to read and write and they build pyramids and have knowledge years ago and now why are the same Africans not applying themselves but are becoming dependent of others to help them. The Chinese will take over Africa and we African will have no where to go but become slaves in our land. Please don’t be fooled.
It’s a tragedy if the Zambians don’t appreciate the prosperity and well being the Chinese brings. If they falls under the western lies and thievery ways they are dead. Don’t forget..China bring prosperity and peace.
我同意西方是殖民非洲的人，而中国给非洲大陆带来了大部分好处
It seems to me that the Chinese investement in infrastructure must be in good faith; after all, they would not be able to take the roads and hospitals with them, if they had to leave. China is playing the long game, knowing that with enough money you can build up an economy such that, in the end, these countries become customers
I swear there's a French guy who literally owns like 10 African ports, and like 15 African counties have their currency controlled by France. France, seriously, you are the last ones to be criticising China in Africa.
How does that one selfish French Guy help all of France when he hordes his wealth? See the logic there. Just like that Nigerian Billionaire who is oh so selfish and does the same to his own people. Don't worry you will end up like south asianwhere China owns alot of the ports for the next 99 years. When they are done the 99 years it will be left the way it was before it was developed. It's a con but good luck trusting them.
@@ikeu6433 How can you or I say so? We aren't able to think about their ambitions , their goals and what deals they have worked with governments for their own self interest.
soon it will be chinese owning all of them. deal with it
the most stronger and wealthier wins...
stupid way to think, hey i lost 1 arm, why not cutting the other arm off too ?
as an young african ,i support china africa relation, it has done more good to us than westerners
At least the chinese bring in their own labour force. Europe expected africa to work for money.
@@johnsmith3152 just look at this guy's words and tell who's the racist
@@xandreduplessis
Well what do you expect them to work for?
Hands full of sand.
@@ruishengyang1690
Know more racist than the the Chinese mate
40 years ago, china open the door to allow western factories and companies get in china to invest and build factories and companies. Then china learned these technologies. Based on these technologies, China get the chance to develop. Africa should catch this chance China is giving. First, Africa should learn technologies from those china companies. Second, to use Chinese investment high speed develop the economy. China is teaching how to fish, not directly give you the fish. Now africa has the source to make Chinese companies coming. If the source is gone, Chinese companies will leave. So Africa must catch the current time, to learn Chinese companies technologies. Chinese culture is that we never like to give people things(this is religion culture, not Atheist country
culture), we prefer to teach people things and make them have themselves products to trade with us. Africa should catch current chances to get more technologies from Chinese companies, and build your own companies to competition with Chinese companies.
Chinese influence? says France that last remaining colonizer in africa that refuses to leave ?
A reminder that just because you were born in a certain place, that doesn't necessarily make it the best place on earth.
Everytime when I saw western media's "concern" on African under China impact, the only thing want to say is: Stop talking and do better in Africa than China, if you can. When I say "better', means better for African after all.
I was concerned too at first but after some while no effort been done at all by the US government to do better than what China is doing, i'm convinced that the US didn't even care at all just want to shatter Chinese ties with those countries.
as is happening in the USA now under the thieves who stole the election (the decent Republicans were naive and easy to run over), it's not ever about the people but about one's own status and riches. Trump was not perfect, but he did care about the people, and that doesn't go over well in the hearts of the corrupt 'elite' ... just another name for snakes in the grass
why western must do better in africa ? western had given more or less 10 marshal plans ... it's a waste of money
@@dandubidu because they f them up in the first place
@@falsch4761 i dont care about china in africa, its not my problem XD
The guy in Blue jacket actually think that the Chinese infrastructure projects are overpriced. Probably he could check out how much the Berlin Airport, Stuttgart Railway station or any of the large infrastructure projects cost here in Germany and how long these projects take. I believe he will change his mind immidiatly...
Most media is about propaganda
Totally agreed. They thought the world is fairytale
You're right steven, esp the Airport!
They simply costs too much for nations that can't pay them back. The are doing this everywhere, just look an Montenegro...
@@tommasoterzano5180 without in infra, tech transfer etc, skill trasfer, definately the loans will not be able to pay back. But the real question you should ask yourself. Without any of the above, would uou prefer to live how your ancentors live? With nothing but civil wars financed by the west for decades?
As A indian I don't hate China , It's true we don't hvae good relationship with them But can't deny that China is a superpower and Chinese are intelligent
As an African, I am very sad to see how brutal we have been on China. Instead of learning from these people, our words are full of hatred everytime we speak. Why? I see no wrongdoing by the Chinese in this video. But I have seen a certain cadre [6:55] turned senior government official speak very ill of the Chinese.
western imperials colonized the continent for more then 300 years, but not much developments, while China is here for less than 20 years, look at how many Kilometers of highway,railway build by China compares to what the Europeans did??
Imperialists were here in Africa for a different reason not development.
But Africans were fooled by the western world .
Yeah., Till today, western countries look down on Africa. They will never ever help, let alone use their money for Africa. Do you realise, almost all of this , 'China bashing' stories are written by these African-friendly westerners?
Yes,China methods are different end result will be the same. Colonization
According to you when will africa gets it's turn another 300 years 😭😭😭😭😭I am in tears
We are fooled by them we are changing handlers that is all everyone is in on deceiving ourselves even each other
“China possesses one third of Zambia's national debt” means that the west countries possesses most of debt to Zambia! the debt from China is good for Zambia, the debt from west is bad for zambia that will make zambia poorer and poorer.
This is not growth….nothing is for free….it’s a debt trap…..These people are more racist than western world
@@Ann-il8if Infrastructures are the most essential tools to gain capital (money), However, without sufficient capital, you can't build infrastructures. China provided the money, it will be incredibly suspicious if they had nothing to gain out of it. It makes sense that they want a return on their investment. However, corruption is making the situation much much worse. Without corruption, the country can pay back the money owed in a reasonable amount of time, but with corruption, it is near impossible.
@@Sunny-hc1bf that’s the problem the corruption will make these countries fall to debt trap. Secondly, chinese infra is tofu dreg just cheap non lasting one….look Whts happening around the world with their projects……hope people from these countries open their eyes soon
@@Ann-il8if You are very hostile to China
@@user-nf7mj9yb5f yes we all shud have serious problems with such countries bullying small nations
i respect the Chinese hard work. i hope the local can learn from them. Zambians should compete rather than complain. a nation develop through competition.
thats why they are poor..just complain
I am from Kenya and feel the plight of Zambians. The Chinese should focus on businesses that require technical expertise like road construction and manufacturing and leave the rest for the locals. If the Chinese people want to help poor Zambians, they should advise locals on best agricultural practices to use and offer technical expertise in farming. In as much as competition is good, unfair competition is not healthy.
@borat bagatov It is better to enable the Africans start their businesses than employ them. Employment does not guarantee job security but business does.
@@SteveBiko2017 Not for now, because you guys are still in dev stage. The Chinese are investing in Africa & investment comes with risk, so it makes sense to employ a Chinese boss for big projects there.. When Africa has better infrastructures because of Chinese investments, this will pave way for Africans to flourish local businesses.
anyone who go invest gonna want to profit….
Imagine if it was you who invested. If it's millions of yuan or dollars' worth of investments that you've just made in a foreign country, would you just stay and watch while people who haven't done this before try to make it happen? Of course, initially, you would get people who would see the whole investment project through.
@@SteveBiko2017 I wish this were true. When Zimbabwe kicked white people off their farms, the black people who took over the farm land didn't know how to farm. Many of them used to work on these farms themselves but still couldn't operate it.
I am Chinese and a parent of kids now. Those kids in Zambia remind me of our childhood in the 1980s. We played and run around the villages in ragged clothes and no shoes. We were poor but happy. Nowadays, despite the material oppulance in China, kids' burden is much heavier than we had. Happiness cannot be defined by money. Best wishes to Africa friends. Please force the Chinese companies to abide by the labour law and protect yourselves.
You are one honest human being. Thank you for telling the truth. Better life for all of them, equal Equal
Go back to your America, Chinese American. Don't pretend to be Chinese. You should pretend to be white, at least😂.
@@leogogo7041 If you had read carefully, you would not have commented incorrectly @James Liu is commenting about his life as a child in China, his comment was a reflective and beautiful one!
hmmmm so you are a Chinese subbing the ...WSJ? ABC? SKY? And WION too? Yeah, we Chinese know your kind of "Different Chinese"
No, in 1980s, as a Chinese you already got options, you should starting by asking if African want to go forward and develop to a modern society or stay "poor but happy" life, and I can safely assumed more than 80% of Chinese people are favouring the their current living quality, by the research from Harvard U. and the barometer. And just saying the Chinese companies are the last one that dare to treat their labours badly (because the supreme white racism dome we currently living through and acknowledged they are always targeting Chinese for every freaking little black spot! Which is really an irony) , If you really want to target Chinese, you should start questioning those Taiwanese or the Hkese that constantly ripping their own people off, (a corrupted branch)
And you should fully aware such common knowledge, My "Chinese" buddy~
Agree watch your backs.
I have no words to express 😕how I am feeling right now wow !!!!
Selah
You're not alone. It is deplorable.
@@LADYMILLS99 r
To break this cycle is to teach the real history 💯 to all our peoples so they may comprehend totally the world we live in so that they loose the rosy glasses once and for all. Our relationship with the whole world is been disgusting 😪and predatory which we have been the hunted.
You and me both. 😖
I applause French 24 for such a video... Chinese are much better than Westerners, and Chinese companies are much better than Western companies, but this is not enough. Personally, I gave Chinese government the benefit of the doubt, but I won't call many Chinese private companies as decent. Last, hope one day I can see French 24 would expose how French companies take advantage of African people today.
This video is made by French Public Broadcast service. France is one of the biggest colonizers of Africa. What could we, viewers, expect from a French-colonialist narrator other than criticism of Chinese companies that helped Zambia build infrastructure, its mining sector, agriculture, etc.? Those things don't come cheap. Did any western colonizer ever build a school or a hospital or infrastructure that benefits Zambian economy and its people? Colonizers and imperialists only build infrastructure to transfer looted natural resources as expedient as possible from the acquisition site to a port or harbor from where the loot is shipped or flown to Europe or the US. Zambians have the responsibility of electing patriotic leaders who truely work for the prosperity of their fellow citizens. This includes developing laws to ban corruption. Zambians should invest heavily in education for all Zambians, so that many will become educated economists, managers, professionals, who could expedite developing their own country for the benefit of all Zambians. It is a responsibility only Zambians can do the best.
it’s much better then what the European did in the past century
That's a false dichotomy. We have enough wealth to stimulate growth ourselves, it's just being looted by our political leaders.
Excellent that you are happy now with the evolution of your country!
😂😂😂 dekho dhire dhire aage hota hai kya
👎👎👎👎you talking trash
Europeans where looting and never really cared about Africans ,but they built roads, railways and factories before they left, it was corrupt African politicians who destroyed it all instead of building on what they left, and that's the same thing China is doing, only this time Africans will learn the hard way. When the corrupt system destroys what the chines build and the politicians can't pay back the loan,they you will cry to the west to come rescue when China starts taking over lands in return. FYI I am African.
The condition, growth or lack there of, of this country and it's citizens is a direct reflection of the leaders/government!!
your dam right mate...its scary
The leaders were once citizens.
Direct reflection of the Berlin conference... educate. Inform and be part of the change... period... comments meaningless
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Just go watch the documentary here on YT titled "Stealing Africa | Why Poverty? “ about how the West stole Zambian copper mines. Shocking.
honestly we Africans should stop complaining and rather work hard. we should challenge ourselves. if a poor chinese can come and build successful business than the local should do the same by working hard. if one want to live a good life, you need to work hard.
By seeking shelter from the Western imperialism throwing ourself in the mouth of the Dragon
like french colonies are doing better, remember mobutu? remember rwandan genocide, france dont talk pls
Rwanda was an Belgian colonie
France also massacred a group of Senegalese soldiers after ww2
How was Rwanda genocide Frances fault
@@joshr24 search: operation turquoise 1994
France media manipulate narratives to its own benefits
Do documentary on the things France did for Zambia and the Zambian people.
We are waiting...........
France never had anything to do with Zambia. Are you trying to imply China is "helping" them ?
@@watkinsrory So what, if he does? What did you do for Zambia?
@@OkurkaBinLadin I really dont see any point to your silly comment !
France is too busy controlling its puppet dictators in west Africa
Zambia was northern Rhodesia before the name change. Controlled by the British. The intension of the British was to build a railway from cape town to Cairo.
I'm torn. It seems like most of the Chinese workers there came to Africa in search of a better life. They enjoy the slower pace. Some Africans seem to be benefiting while others are complaining. I think that the people of Zambia should be skeptical but also try to see this as an opportunity to better their lives.
I watch this whole documentary. I hope and I am optimistic both Chinese and Zambians would be able to find a balanced approach that benefit both of them. Look, China = efficiency. It has its problems. So, as any other country in the world that will invest in Zambia.
China has the most efficient government in the world
am happy for the Chinese man who allows his son to play with the watchman's son. its a good gesture.
是的，我们接受的教育是人人平等，当然现实不一定完全做到，但我们坚持，追求达到这个目标
It’s very rare here in Zambia. The Chinese don’t mingle much with the locals and other races. Perhaps it’s the language barrier or they just don’t give a damn
@@ismailmalik3986 Chinese are mainly introverts and focus on business and family life.
@@ismailmalik3986 the chinese people always like to keep to themselves, that's why there are so many Chinatowns in the world.
Great documentary, now do one on French influence in Africa.
The French own north and west Africa
Wait that is wrong. You are not allowed to do that
French empire got rich off of the backs of africans. Truly unspeakable acts have happen at the hand of the french's
yeap we need to learn that, what China learn and do right now is from those French, Brits,US....its fight among rich country...
Why are you calling it "influence" instead of "bring peaceful and prosperous development at all fronts"?
Zambia is not under Chinese influence. Chineses are trying to live there and build entrepreneurships.
I have heard from many Chinese even with lots of money who don’t want to live In China because of the pollution and pace of life. At the end of the day it’s not money it’s just peaceful life people run after.
When he said zero tolerance to corruption I laughed cause even just being a citizen in Zambia you have to bribe someone just to get the national registration card 😭😭
so this coming election is just pray that no one gets hurt 🙏🏾🙏🏾
agreed lol
If Africa want to be completely independent, they need to get rid of the election system. Democracy doesn’t work when majority of the people are not educated and poor. And your media is controlled by foreign interests.
You guys paid someone to get your NRCs?
@@Alex-ig2xrEven without democracy their is nonsense. People forget some nations have had a presidents for more than 20 years and is probably worse than us.
@@Alex-ig2xr because the very notion of democracy is foreign
How many decades did the West colonize Zambia? 8 decades, what did Zambians get? Absolute POVERTY !!!
They will remain poor b'coz of poor leadership and economic policies. They were the first county in 2020-21 to default on their international debts.
@@desciplesofthomassankara3021 Education is the key. They have to educate their people to have a big pool of bright minds to lead them, to become government leaders, engineers, teachers, doctors, etc.. Learning to stand on one's own feet after independence is a long and hard road, full of growing pains.
ARE YOU SAYING BECAUSE THE WEST IS A THIEF AND A MURDER???? YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME??? EXPLOITS MY PEOPLE SO CHINA CAN LIVE WELL???
AFRIKA IS NOT POOR!!!
THE OUTSIDE WORLD SEE THIS!!! THEY HAVE NON OF THE RESOURCES WHICH OUR GOD HAS GIVEN US!!! SO THEY COME AND DECIEVE OUR LEADERS AND TAKE AWAY OUR RESOURCES.
LONG LIVE MAGUFULI!!!
LONG LIVE!!!
You have any idea the state Zambia was when the Europeans conquered the place? Colonization is not the proper word, the same as conquering because there were no borders, state, army to defend Zambia when the British took over the place.
Chinese work in Africa, trade in Africa, invest in africa. The west?
They do what this program is doing. Lectures about human rights, democracy, etc etc etc. People can't leave on empty words.
The West is still enslaving and colonizing Africa. Look up CFA Franc system France forced upon African nations. Look up AFRICOM where USA has dozens of military bases throughout the continent. Sounds like colonization never left.
What is going to happen when China extracts all the resources and leaves?
The Chinese go to the Africa and try to become Africans: the Westerners go to Africa and try to change Africans into Westerners...
lollolololololololololo!!!!!!!!!!! Those Chinese guys were behaving totally African hahahahahahha!!!!!!!!
That's because you have not seen the mistreatment faced by many Africans working for them.
@@plizwekup5231 the Chinese don't treat Africans as well as we treat them, have you seen how Africans are being mistreated in China especially during the pandemic. Shops are hanging signs with "no Africans allowed" outside their doors. We still haven't learnt from our history. We were just as welcoming to the westerners in the 1700s. We all know how that well that went
@@desciplesofthomassankara3021 Yeah have seen those videos, including those on the continent. Sad we never learn, we too naive most times. And yes, we a very warm towards others than ourselves. Sad.
Really that's what you are thinking now....wait until 100 years later. Chinese who are living else for a few centuries never become local. You sound like you have never been outside of your mud! Don't you see they have their own schools, banks, clinics etc....local will eventually not be allowed to be in those places. Just wait until yours children or grand children growth up then you can ask them
Employing locals ✅
Building infrastructure ✅
No interest or low interest loans ✅
Transferring knowledge and building schools ✅
Western media bias ✅
Talk to the employees and see the inconvenience that they have over their counterpart.
@@loisemccallum5254 Go and talk to your husband about his inconveniences, an employee will always want more and there's nothing wrong with that.
An employee having a gripe against his employers is nothing new and is true everywhere. You an american? Why do you think there are labor unions in your every industry? because a company will always want more profit while the employees will also want more pay.
It was the Romans, then the Arabs, then the Ottoman, then the British, then the Spanish and the Americans, and then the Japanese. Now is the Chinese.
Very interesting reportage. Thank you France 24 💐.
Chinese do not chop hands of like western countries did
Violence and abuse happens in all forms.
Tell that to the Muslims in China.
Time and knowledge has moved on. Africa needs better education, knowledge and leaders who does not set up their countries for foreign exploits. Do like Norway did for their oil industry. Start up with the best foreign companies, and when you got enough training, kick them gradually out.
@upurs I see you don’t seem to understand what bondage is. Let’s call a thing a thing, China is in the same situation Europe was in. Overpopulation, illness, and no more land for agriculture. The pattern is the same. Save it. It’s exploding.
@upurs Chinese bots everywhere.
Thanks France 24...intersesting documentary...can you do a follow up to see if the new government in Zambia will address some of the issues highlighted ie working/pay conditions for Zambians and corrupt deals that benefit cronies and not the poor and impoverished. Thank you.
While there are things these Chinese companies can do to improve public things and relations. If they weren’t there what would be there? And would the jobs be there? Yes I think it be good for the companies bosses see this video about the worker’s complaints and resolve those issues (road, water, home ventilation, patch of land for communal farming. Simple cost with great return in the community’s awareness that the company does care. Maybe provide a bunch of bicycles (China has 10s of thousands of bicycles from their public sharing program) for the villagers to not need to walk
When the chinese businessmen make more business and industry and care more for zambians more than the zambian government, you know something is wrong.
The Chinese what to own Africa, China's big on slavery .
The Europeans don't want the Chinese to get more powerful.
The Chinese in Africa make 1 million & pay the African government £100,000.
@@victimsupport4us160 and they still get paid, guess what the white man do in Africa, a century of free labour.
@@raphaelz6030 They got infrastructure. Those cities and railroads didn't just magically appear.
@@peterjones5243 railroad was built by slaves to deliver raw materials in mass number, and guess where those resources went without a single penny in return
@@raphaelz6030 They worked in similar conditions to the children that China puts in the rare earth metal mines. The Europeans didn't take the infrastructure back with them when they left. Many of those cities and railroads are still used today. What China is doing is more long-term. They desire to put desperate African nations into debt that they can't repay. Corrupt leaders, like in the past, will sell out their people and resources.
Great developments in African continent by the Chinese. Chinese may take more in future but they are giving a lot and lot of. Much and much better than the Western Slavery mind set of colonial oppressors. Great Job by Chinese.
Mind boggling how you praise your oppressor. You will learn the hard way.
@@luvingg the sad reality is that there are way too many black Africans who think like that loser!
@@willgillis5857 are you even black?
Nothing is great about being exploited
@@luvingg Blissy you may live with your sadistic pride but your frustration spilled up. Need not to worry of my oppression, I am happy with that. So only misery and destruction may give you life. Right ??
You know you won't count anymore ??? Don't let boggle your prickly brain.
As a chinese, I wish both china and african countries peace and success
What a great piece and it would be awesome to see a follow up piece on how things are changing if they are, since the August elections. I will return to Zambia in August and will be more attentive to the changes since my last visit in 2018.
After watching the whole video, I have to say: Chinese people, when next time a western reporter approached to you friendly and wants to record the conversations with you. Remember that this UA-cam video is a good example for how your recording will be trimmed and edited. LOL, this is a really a good one, even better than CNN. I can tell the reporter hates Chinese more than Zambia.
Irony is these western media are top in press freedom index
@@anengineer152 thats why its free. they are allowed to say whatever they deem fit
@@c4nt0na I don't think so they are free a journalist from CNN can never support anything about Russia or China, he will be fired
@@anengineer152 😂 exactly.
who funds african universities and hospitals? western taxpayers... not chinese... who takes millions of african immigrants and pays their food and housing? the wesr not africa... maybe the west should stops sending a single cent to africa
Yes! And who feels worried about it all? France!! You must be missing the good old days I suppose 🤣
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There's no better both ways. That's a stupid statement.
@Roid Astria In terms of humanity, Africans would be treated as a 2nd class for the interests of Chinese investors and greedy leaders. Looting during the France colonization is very pale in comparison to what the Chinese are doing now to the natural resources.
The identity is also threatened as more developments come, more poor Africans will be dispersed away, lost their lands in favor of foreigners from many countries. Africa will not have the control. Chinese people left China as the European and Western manufacturing industries left them.
It's a different type of colonization. It's modern-day slavery using machinery. Deeper in perspective due to China's advanced technologies are able to take everything they want which previous colonizers could not do.
That's a million x payout for building the infrastructures.
@Roid Astria Maybe you are based in the city and not in the rural areas where development is planned. Where are you in Africa? Do you?
@Roid Astria Also, in China, no foreigner can own land.
Its easy to talk about it.. But my quiestion to France24.. Most of the central African countries and North African counrties were colonised by France almost 300 years and ask yourself. How people of Africa was benefitted from French colonisation?
Paradoxically, Africa is the richest continent underground but, by a considerable measure, the poorest continent above ground.
at 10:15, you see the 2 boys going to play together which foretells that the Chinese and Black people can be friends and work together without prejudice unlike the Western powers' attitude towards Africa.
HAHAHA. I'm black and when I visited China, I couldn't get a room or eat at fancy restaurants without having white coworkers with me. No one was interested in talking to me. It was worse that I could understand what people were saying. The West is MUCH better for black people than China. No comparison
@@Chironex_Fleckeri That's interesting, why you think you should be talked to? Are you handsome or what ?
@@forgaoqiang nah fr i was literally harrased on the airport for being a white guy with a south african passport, because apparently accoridng to chinese only black people are from africa, literally got questioned several times and i had to explain em that people like us exist it was really uncomfortable, nonetheless cool country
Dream on
@@gulserensmsk Immigration officers are supposed to harass tourists, thats their job, isn't it ?
40 years ago China's per capita GDP was the same as Zambia's.
Over the past 4 Decades China has lifted 800 Million people out of absolute poverty and is on target to create a moderately prosperous socialist society with Chinese Characteristics
Its development model is a proven success and Zambia can benefit by adopting measure to develope a sustainable economy in which Chinese Companies can be a strategic partner.
Building Socialism with Zambian Characterists is the way forward. Chinese Capital Investment is an aid to developing Zambia - unlike the super exploitation of Western Capital under both Colonial & neo Colonial periods.
China's Solidarity helped Zambia end Colonialism and China can contribute to raising all Zambians out of poverty.
Because in comparison, it reminds the sinful acts they've done to Zombia. And it's so hard for France to accept and digest the mistakes it made in the past.
That didn't stop China loaning up to $3 billion to Zambia despite their history of debt defaults. In 2020-21 they were the first nation to default on their international debts.
@@desciplesofthomassankara3021 what do think is the future of Zambia is things continue like this ?
@@himanshu89721 interest rates will mean they'll be stuck in debt for a long time, other countries and institutions won't lend to them unless they want to bury them in more debt and they'll loose their independence eventually since their creditors will dictate their economic policies to cut public spending or take as collateral insurance their national resources including mines, roads, farms etc for raising money to pay the debts.
I don't understand why the nation of Zambia don't stand up for their rights
As a Black American this makes me sadden and shamed. Is there any reason for the world to respect us? The image of those kids is just shameful.
Everyone coming to Africa for business or investment is primarily doing so for self interest. Africans need to love and plan for their children future through protectionism
poor countries need help. mainly infrastructure, food self sufficient, and industrialization. but i see western country give them nothing but robbing resources.
@@elsonsti lol what you think China is doing? Think they're REALLY doing that out of the kindness of their hearts?
Getting resources and debt traps.
@@chriswhite3692 US owes most debt to china. so its debt trap for US too?
@@elsonsti The US owes most of it's debt to itself.
@@chriswhite3692 i mean foreign debt
They invested,they created jobs,but European did nothing
...and they suck blood
@@trevisrobotie924 Common, what did Romania ever do?
How naive you are! All colonisers come bearing gifts, while raping our natural resources and finding new colonies for the resettling of their over-populated states.
soon they will take over your country with debt.
European eat everything and left nothing
This is Propaganda and lies, I was born in Zambia and grew up in Zambia. The country has been under Western influence since independence.
At 38.30 I really feel their pain, they absolutely have no right in their own country.
At least they bring infrastructure, creat jobs, skill transfer, etc I've done business with many Chinese in Nigeria and I see no problem. At least they are less corrupt that most African leaders.
Africa has had great leaders Idi Amin, Bokasa and Robert Mugabe
@@declancurry4479 lol
But it's all run by Chinese at the top and the local on the low end
@@declancurry4479 Mugabe was very effective in his first 20 years until the sanctions to be accurate
@@tseyazmutseyami1402 Effective in what Tyranny, Agricultural reform?
This is pretty biased, not a single question being asked by the reporter/visitor is released in the video, just the chinese dudes parts, making it seem what they want it to convey.
Great advertising for them! I wonder how much they paid the "documentary" crew!
That the only way they can and want to talk for the documentaries.
The news channels, the newspapers, the Hollywood; no one dares speak against the Chinese these days.
@@LetThereBe_Light do you live under a rock? There's literally a massive propaganda campaign against china right now "no one dares speak against the Chinese these days."
@@Arne1998 You're right. I can see that the US and most European countries are green with envy over China's rise. These people will never invest in Africa, let alone help Africa but when some Chinese business entrepreneurs invest here, they try everything to discredit these Chinese businessmen.
Corruption everywhere. Money controls the way people think and behave. Sad.
As a Zambian watching this when it was released 7months ago and now finding out 2months after elections that France 24 were in the hood is also mind boggling...1.6m views is quite hefty 😂.
Europe: Under US influence
Thats not true
Gospel truth
Being a government official should be a calling. We need someone with an utmost moral value to lead a nation. A government by the people and for the people.
Funny how citizens can kill each other but don't have the balls to kill the leaders that bound them in slavery in which they out number
@@farfetched9296 Always shocks me
@@farfetched9296 You must be a Yank.
Wow, for some reason that thought occurred to me as well. Like we shared a natural response/brainwave!
People who feel the need in their bones to help, and better the world should be the norm. Politicians should be tested, and psycho-analyzed to ensure that within them is the will to better the world!
Lol "someone with an utmost moral value" 😂🤣😂🤣 are you stupïd? Honest leaders don't win elections, people like lies and false promises. Honest people don't lie or promise impossible things.
Only an intelligent, educated and possessor of high moral values society can have honest leaders.
We learn fast, and we also forget very fast, that's hilarious 😂😂
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Grade: A++💥
The difference between China and US.
China: "Hi Africa, We have earned extra money from business, we have excessive best skilled workers back home and a great vision to connect the world together with fast railway and facility. Do you want to improve your infrastructure with our skills and loans?"
US: "Hi Africa, We have just printed more money. We have the best lawyers and politicians. We have the most powerful weapons and of course we have the biggest military worldwide. Do you want to buy our weapons to conquer other lands? We can offer loans."
Forgot: "we can only help if you accept LGBT, give us land to build an army base, anchor your economy to ours, take our second hand rubbish....list goes on and on.