Mohammed has spent several weeks sleeping in his cramped trading booth in one of Guangzhou's export centres after being kicked out of his apartment and forced into quarantine in April, but the Tanzanian trader says he is content to be in China.
GUANGZHOU, China - Mohammed has spent several weeks sleeping in his cramped trading booth in one of Guangzhou’s export centres after being kicked out of his apartment and forced into quarantine in April, but the Tanzanian trader says he is content to be in China.
Like many in the community, including those who were evicted from their dwellings, Mohammed said he is trying to return to normal life now that the lockdown has eased. While Black Africans living in China say they have long experienced discrimination, several said the targeting of their community during the pandemic was deeply unsettling.
The situation eased and the government encouraged foreigners to report instances of discrimination to a 24-hour support hotline. McDonald’s apologised after staff at a Guangzhou branch forced Black customers to leave.All the 20 Africans Reuters spoke with in Guangzhou said they were strongly supportive of the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and elsewhere.
Mercy, a Nigerian working for a small logistics company, said business is one-quarter its normal level. “China is good,” said Paur, a Nigerian trader. “You cannot find African people making these” he said, gesturing towards bags of clothes in his booth near Xiaobei.
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