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 more ›

In a couple of weeks Beijing will turn into a party town and Sanlitun is predicted to be the epicenter of the Olympic night events. The South China Morning Post has however reported that the bar owners in the area were asked to refuse service to black patrons. The article reports: more ›