https://www.scmp.com/rss/329176/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The gang was armed with guns and machetes for their late-night heist. It was almost 2am and the target was a soft one: a Chinese-run quarry in Nambi, a Ugandan village about 50km from the country’s capital Kampala. Inside the quarry compound Chinese managers slept as four local security guards outside kept watch. But the guards were powerless – or unwilling – to stop what was about happen. “The armed thugs grabbed the guards and tied them up with rope before attacking the building in which the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2175014/chinese-uganda-under-threat-after-spate-armed-robberies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2175014/chinese-uganda-under-threat-after-spate-armed-robberies?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:00:00 +0000 It was a racist remark supposedly made in private to workers in Kenya, but was heard by many beyond the country’s borders. Liu Jiaqi, a Chinese manager for a motorcycle company referred to Kenyans, including the country’s president, as monkeys. The moment was captured on video by Richard Ochienga, a Kenyan who was included in the monkey name-calling by his boss. The video posted online in September went viral. The backlash in Kenya was so strong that Liu was deported. The footage highlighted... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2171494/how-racist-slur-aimed-few-offended-many-and-put-africas-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2171494/how-racist-slur-aimed-few-offended-many-and-put-africas-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Nov 2018 08:00:18 +0000