STEVEN KUO: The real China-Africa dream
The Chinese story in Africa is about the individuals, from China and Africa alike, trying to stitch together a future for themselves and their families
27 October 2022 - 05:00
I am part of the Chinese economic story in Africa. My family moved to Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, in the late 1980s and my parents ran a textile factory through the 1990s.
Until this mom-and-pop factory closed in about 2002 because of increased competition from Chinese imports, it employed 20-80 workers — women who travelled daily from the townships of Madadeni or Osizweni. ..
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