Chinese Speaks Pidgin To Show Empathy After Coronavirus Dispute in Guangdong province of China. 5
Chinese tries to speak Pidgin to show empathy to Africans after coronavirus misunderstanding in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. This video is part of the China-Africa Peace Initiative (CAPI), one of the COVID19-response programs organized by the Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development Outreach (PASDO) to prevent online radicalization, conflict, violent extremism and xenophobia, and ensure world peace. You can learn more about this program at https://www.pasdo.org/china-africa-pe... Background Information: Malicious propagandists had capitalized on some social media videos that showed COVID-19-related misunderstanding between the African community in Guangdong province and their hosts to badly smear the image of China. They portrayed Chinese people as intolerant, evil and haters of blacks. This went viral in the social media space in Africa and really whipped up negative bias in the minds of Africans against Chinese, leading to series of calls for reprisal attacks on the Chinese people living in Africa. Such calls could especially be dangerous in a continent that has witnessed a steady rise in xenophobic attacks. PASDO, Africa's foremost non-governmental organization for promoting peace and sustainable development, found the tensed situation as worrisome and launched the China-African Peace Initiative (CAPI). The CAPI program features videos from several well-meaning Chinese individuals who send their empathy to Africans while affirming their non-hatred for blacks, restating the position of the Chinese government that China treats all foreigners equally, and calling for friendship. The videos were done in English language, French, Nigerian Pidgin English, Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Swahili and about 17 other indigenous languages widely spoken in several African countries that have a combined population of about 1.2 billion Africans. Some group videos of Africans and Chinese sharing happy moments together are also featured in CAPI, all of which will continually be beamed to Africans to help balance up the perspective, clear up the hate and forestall attacks on the lives, properties and investments of the Chinese living in Africa. Clearing up the animosity – which is bound to negatively affect the smooth trade relations between Africa and its largest trading partner, China – would greatly enhance the ability of Africa to quickly recover from the economic ravages of COVID-19.
