no1gizmo hat geschrieben:Arbeitsplätze, die ohne die Chinesen wohl nicht da wären.
[...]es sind Jobs die es ohne die Chinesen nicht gäbe.
Bist Du Dir da so sicher? Ich nicht.
Angola hat nach dem Ende des Bürgerkrieges seinen Ölreichtum entdeckt. Aufgrund des Öls wären so oder so viele Firmen an Geschäften dort interessiert gewesen (& die meisten westlichen Firmen hätten wohl deutlich weniger eigene Arbeiter mitgebracht).
Bei der Ausbeutung von Minen sieht es ähnlich aus. Ob es jetzt Firmen aus China oder anderen Ländern sind, die sich da engagieren macht wohl kaum einen Unterschied für die Zahl der Arbeitsplätze.
Infrastrukturprojekte bringen immerhin (zumindest theoretisch) langfristige Vorteile. Dafür braucht man aber auch nicht unbedingt ausländische Firmen (mit Ausnahme von Hochtechnologieprojekten vermutlich). Ich halte in solchen Fällen Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe für besser.
Mal ein paar Beispiele dafür, daß es nicht überall so rund läuft:
ECONOMY-ZAMBIA: China's Growing Presence Met With Resistance
IPS.
"The Chinese are frequently accused of being the main culprits in the use of casual labour, which involves lower pay and no social security benefits.
[...]
In another incident, six workers were shot to death at a Chinese-run mine earlier this year after they demanded an improvement in working conditions.
[...]
Traders say since the Chinese moved in a few years ago to trade in the textile business has never been the same. The Chinese retailers bring in cheaply-priced garments which have lured customers away from the Zambian traders.
"Ever since the Chinese came in, things have got worse for us. In the past, we were doing fine," says Mwamba Chibesa, a trader in Kamwala. "
Why China is trying to colonise Africa
Telegraph.
"The harsh truth is that Beijing has become the ally of choice for Africa's worst rulers. While China likes to portray itself as a benign force in Africa, free of the historical baggage carried by the former colonial powers, Beijing's conduct is already resented.
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While Mr Sata lost the election overall, he won huge majorities in all the areas of Zambia affected by Chinese investment. His defeat prompted a day of anti-Chinese riots in the capital, Lusaka. Every Chinese-owned shop in the city was barricaded to avoid being looted. Meanwhile, shops owned by whites or Asians carried on trading without incident."
Angola: China's African foothold
BBC.
"And on the edge of the city in an area called Cambamba Dois, hundreds of people live in ramshackle dwellings made of corrugated iron and old clothes, exposed to the wind and rain.
They were thrown out of their houses to make way for developments for the wealthy and there is no sign of any compensation from the government. "
Letter from Ethiopia: China's risky venture into resource-rich Africa
Int. Herald Tribune.
"incident last week in eastern Ethiopia, in which nine Chinese oil workers were killed and seven briefly kidnapped
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Part of the steep learning curve has been a spate of incidents, from attacks on oil workers in Nigeria and a popular backlash against the fast-rising Chinese presence in Zambia, to the events that unfolded recently not far from here."
Natürlich kann man das alles der fiesen antichinesischen Verschwörung westlicher Medien zuschreiben, aber ich bin halt zu leichtgläubig.
Ansonsten lass mal zusammen nach Afrika und ein paar Schwarze verklaven, dann haben die alle gesicherte Arbeitsplätze!
Afrikaner versklaven? Ich doch nicht! Ich versklave nur Chinesen (so scheint jedenfalls manch großer Held zu glauben).