Anti-Chinese violence in Angola

racism sucks

The problem is that the Angolans see that the Chinese are coming from abroad and filling in jobs that are not being offered to Angolans. I think it is because there is a lot of unskilled labor in Angola... But they don't see it that way, they see it as foreigners coming to take their jobs.

Its racism on both sides. The Angolan's hate the chinese because they are not offered the same oppurtunities for work as the chinese (even at the same skill level) and the Chinese are racist toward the Angolan's and labeling them as incapable of handling such tasks just because of thier race.

Given the rape of Africa engaged in by the Chinese government, I am surprised that it does not happen more often.

The Chinsese quietly elbowed the Portugese out of the way in Angola to get at their oil. They are doing this all over Africa and the world. However the Chinese are not wimpy postwar Europeans, and they are patient colonialists. The progressives in the West will protest impotently when they clamp down, because they have the West by the short hairs by owning big chunks of Western government's debt particularly the USA. This impotence will be the ultimate consequence of the USA's current Federal government spending binge.

It's an unfortunate circumstance for both sides, the Chinese laborers and the native Angolans. Deals are made between the governments of these nations; contracts are drafted up with the promise of a beautiful country to work in. Then upon arrival they are faced with the worst of conditions. This ploy by the Chinese government is reminiscent of lies told during the "Gold Rush" of America. Many Chinese immigrants were also bamboozled into the constructions of the railways. They were told that the streets were paved of gold. Then upon arrival...
The Angolan natives are viewing themselves through the eyes of progress as second class citizens. The Chinese foreigners are flooding into their city, building massive projects, and bringing their own work force. To the Angolans, this must be the biggest slap in the face. Unemployed, underprivileged, and outraged, they resent. However their resentment is misguided and the violence is unnecessary. They need to refocus their anger towards the government of both nations and not the workers unable to break their contracts to rejoin their families.
It’s about the mighty dollar!!! Your government take from us, now, we take from you!!!

I'm in Angola and yes, it's a huge slap in the face. But cannot complain. The Chinese repaired more roads in one year than the government since the end of the war. And luckly, their building structures that could benefit both. Yes, Angolans are being excluded, because let's face it, war tears a country apart, and ours that stayed for so long, destroyed many educational facilities that weren't brought back as soon as it (war) ended. Now we're reaping the rewards: unemployment, corruption, high prices (in my opinion, because of the high import taxes we pay) and post-war stress that hasn't been brought to the spotlight but it's clearly present. Also other reason is the lack of enthusiasm present in our lives. Sum all that and things turn violent.

Solutions for my country: repopulate the country. create jobs in every other province except Luanda, so people could start their live in the interior where most of them came when in war.