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China is already the world's second-largest importer of copper after Japan.
Privatization couldn't have gone worse for the Zambians. But in the age of the dragon descending upon Africa, things could get far worse.
If there is one issue which mobilize the masses, it is the Chinese. Unlike Western investors the Chinese have little interest in the Africans' well-being. Chinese have little interest in human rights.
They are only interested in exploiting Africa's natural resources, which they have carted off using their own workers and equipment, and without having paid a single kwacha in taxes. Many africans want the Chinese to leave and the old colonial rulers to return. They exploited our natural resources too, but at least they took care of us. They built schools, taught us their language and brought us the British civilization, said Mrs. Roy, www.berlinstartup.com.
A majority of Zambians likely agree with her. On his recent and third trip to Africa, Chinese President Hu Jintao canceled his planned visit to the Zambian copper belt at the last minute, fearing demonstrations by disgruntled workers and the resulting embarrassing TV images. Only last year, protestors in Chambeshi were injured when police fired into their midst.
Thousands of workers felt they had been conned out of their wages and had staged a protest march in front of the local mine. These demonstrations have become almost a ritual in Chinese-owned mines. The Chinese pay wages of only $30 a month, less than the Indians and substantially less than the salaries paid by the Canadians and Australians.
While Zambians may have long considered Western capitalism barbaric, it now seems practically idyllic compared to the supercharged Chinese version. People say at least Western capitalism has a human face, the Chinese are only out to exploit the countries.
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