NO! China is NOT Exporting Convict Labor to Africa!!!!

A China in Africa Podcast

By Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more on June 4, 2015

Fifteen minutes into almost any conversation about the Chinese in Africa, the question about Chinese labor invariably comes up. “The Chinese are exporting convicts to work on construction sites,” according to one of the pervasive myths, or, “Chinese companies don’t hire as many locals as Western firms do and the Chinese don’t want to assimilate into the local culture.” These are powerful narratives that are extremely appealing to politicians and China’s critics despite the awkward reality that none of these myths are actually true.

China Uses Drones to Monitor Pollution Problems from Above

on June 4, 2015

China’s environmental regulators want to increase the use of drones watching pollution levels, supplementing the existing monitoring system.

In the central city of Wuhan, drones were sent to urban areas to inspect emissions from chimneys that are usually linked to the local heating system. In the northeast, environmental officials in Heilongjiang province used drones to monitor straw burning in rural areas, a source of air pollution.

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on June 4, 2015

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In North Korea: Wonder & Terror

By Ian Buruma on June 4, 2015

The northeast of China used to be called Manchuria. Another name was “the cockpit of Asia.” Many wars were fought there. A French priest who traveled through the region in the 1920s wrote: “Although it is uncertain where God created paradise, we can be sure He chose some other place than this.” The quote is from Michael Meyer’s splendid book In Manchuria.