African ambassadors complain to China over 'discrimination' in GuangzhouIn this photo taken on March 1, 2018, people walk in the "Little Africa" district in Guangzhou, the capital of southern China's Guangdong province. SEE ALSO: Chinese pump Sh100m into projectsThe ambassadors’ note said such “stigmatisation and discrimination” created the false impression that the virus was being spread by Africans. “The Group of African Ambassadors in Beijing immediately demands the cessation of forceful testing, quarantine and other inhuman treatments meted out to Africans,” it said. The note was sent to State Councilor Wang Yi, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, copying the chair of the African Union, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and all African foreign ministers. SEE ALSO: President Uhuru’s 2019 State visitsZhao’s statement did not reference the ambassadors’ note to Wang and did not mention the allegations of discrimination against Africans in the city.

Source: Standard Digital April 13, 2020 12:33 UTC