After its racism to Africans goes global, a Chinese province is taking anti-discrimination measures

After its racism to Africans goes global, a Chinese province is taking anti-discrimination measures
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu Quartz May 5, 2020, 7:37 AM GMT

Officials in China's Guangdong province have announced a raft of new measures aimed at combating a racial discrimination storm which has threatened Beijing's relationship with African governments and Africans globally. It comes after an unprecedented diplomatic scandal broke out because of the treatment of Africans resident in the province's capital, Guangzhou. In April, videos and images of Africans being evicted from their apartments, forced into quarantine, blocked from hotels and even being barred from a local McDonald's went viral on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.
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