Chinese Govt move to action After Discrimination Videos Go Viral
The Government of China has unveiled measures it is exploring to endย discrimination against Africans,ย followingย incidences that have sinceย gone viral.
Speaking to the press on Sunday, April 12,ย China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian disclosed that the country wouldย introduceย non-discriminatory health management services.
The spokesman further noted that the Asian country would also introduce hotels for foreigners who are in the country and are set toย undergo medical monitoring. The hotels will be availedย at reduced rates for the needy, he further revealed.
The ministry pointed out that the state was hellbent on ensuring that everyone in China wasย treated equally and that it opposed any differentiated approach targeting Africans.
“The Chinese government has been attaching great importance to the life and health of foreign nationals in China.
“The Guangdong (provincial) authorities attach great importance to some African countries’ concerns and are working promptly to improve their working method,” he stated.
To prove his point, Zhao explained that in the city of Wuhan, some 3,000 Africans residing there were safe, adding that only one fell ill during the lockdown and was later cured.
Reports emerged on Thursday, April 9, thatย Africans were beingย evicted from their housesย and forced into quarantine or to live in the streets, with a number of the Kenyans reachingย out to provide testimoniesย alleged tests being carried out on them.
Speaking toย Kenyans.co,keย on Friday, April 10, one lady under a 14-day mandatory quarantine disclosed that she feared for herย life after reports surfaced alleging that Africans and Kenyans may be a target of a potential vaccine testing program in China.
“They are only testing the blacks. This is why I’m grippedย with fear after being locked up here with police surrounding the building. They were reports that they want to test the vaccine on us. Maybe that’s why we are here. Oh my God!,” she decried at the time.
