International Law

Guangzhou "Chocolate City" -- African Population Stages Demonstration, Large PSB Presence

A spontaneous demonstration in Guangzhou the likes of which have not been seen in China for perhaps 75 years: all foreigners. But this time, a twist: they are all black.

Trapped in a police raid on illegal immigrants that afternoon, Okoro chose to leap from the second floor of a shopping mall rather than be arrested.

He landed on his head.

Now, as he lay unconscious on the station's doorstep, angry protestors fanned out into the street ? blocking traffic, ripping up plants, waving tree limbs and denouncing the police.

Full post as published by Asia Business Intelligence on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).