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While we've been inundated by news of the ethnic tensions between Uyghurs and Hans, it seems like there's another ethnicity that feels its not getting fair treatment in China - Nigerians. In Guangzhou, the death of a Nigerian who was trying to escape a police visa check allegedly triggered a 200-strong protest by angry Africans. Emmanul Egisimba, a clothes seller, had been trading at the Tangqi Foreign Trade Clothes Plaza in central Guangzhou when plainclothes police started checking visas in the area. He ran but was cornered on the second floor, 18 meters above ground. So he decided to jump, allegedly to his death. The protest, which was as much over “tight visa controls” thanks to the 60th anniversary as it was over Egisimba's sad demise, is believed to be the first by foreigners anywhere on the mainland. Source: SCMP
Nigerian death in Guangzhou sparks 200-strong protest
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I guess the prospect of being deported back to Nigeria didn't really sit well with this guy.
I've heard from a friend in Guangzhou that the Nigerians were not in fact protesting against the local law enforcement, but were actually much more upset with the local gravity in the area. "Hey Hey Ho Ho, Gravity has got to GO!"
How many more Nigerians must die jumping from 60 foot heights before something is done to stop the horrible force of gravity? It is time we all stood up and told gravity "We have had enough! Stop holding us back and killing people who leap from two story buildings! Let us fly!"
Did they find the stash?
Its like they say... if jumping from an 18 meter height doesn't kill you, the impact bursting the bag of heroin you've got stashed in your large intestine most certainly will.