Monday, December 06, 2010

赞比亚华人煤矿流血冲突引发关注

“The Zambian Shootings in the Chinese Media
The African Boots blog translates an investigative piece in New Century Weekly about the shooting of Zambian miners at a Chinese-managed mine who had protested against poor working conditions:

The New Century Weekly article traces the origins of the shooting to long-standing problems in the management of the mine. At the centre of the story is the mine owner, Xu Jianxue, a Jiangxi native who first went to Zambia in the early 1990s as a translator for a Chinese company. He ended up staying after the project ended, establishing a construction company that went on to win a series of big infrastructure contracts from the Zambian government. Business was so successful that Xu invited his four brothers to join him in 2000. When Zambia began selling mineral rights in 2003, Xu secured a number of concessions near the southern town of Sinazongwe. Despite the difficulties investors have traditionally had in the area, he has apparently been able to turn over a healthy profit for his venture, Collum Coal Mining Industries.

Xu is described vividly in the article as a believer in “Mao Zedong thought” and as sporting a Mao-style haircut. He is cast as a throwback to an earlier China, reliant on guanxi and bribes to secure business and ignorant of modern management practices. Xu and his brothers are said to live very comfortably in Lusaka, leaving the day-to-day running of the mines in the hands of friends and relatives who have followed them to Zambia from Jiangxi. These men, the authors claim, are mostly uneducated labourers with no language skills, who find themselves suddenly thrust into senior positions on their arrival. They live in a gated compound and have little understanding of local culture. There are 70 Chinese managers working at the mine, who are responsible for around 600 local workers.”


Source:
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/12/the-zambian-shootings-in-the-chinese-media/


"中国政府和一些私人企业近年来在非洲一些国家,加大在能源和资源领域的投资。而随之而来的一些劳资问题和冲突也不断浮现。上个月在赞比亚一个私人煤矿发生的劳资双方的流血冲突更是引发关注。美国有影响力的大报纽约时报星期天刊登一篇长篇报道,详细介绍了赞比亚一个由华人经营私人煤矿的资方与当地抗议矿工发生冲突的情况,以及由此所反映的中国在非洲不断增长的经济影响迫使当地一些国家的政府在鼓励和保护中国投资与平息工人不满之间的尴尬处境。*华人煤矿监工开枪伤及抗议矿工*纽约时报的报道说,10月15日,由华人经营了9年的赞比亚科蓝煤矿的当地矿工为响应工会的号召,抗议资方不遵守劳工合同,任意削减工时和工资,愤怒地游行到这个煤矿的3号矿井,与将矿井大门锁上的中国监工人员对峙。在双方对峙过程中,两名中国监工开枪,造成13名矿工受伤,发生流血冲突。来自中国江西乐平的许建学(音译)是发生冲突的科蓝煤矿的矿主,他的4个兄弟分别主管煤矿的4个矿井。煤矿共雇佣855名矿工,其中包括62名主要是来自江西乐平的中国监工。记者星期一电话联系上中国驻赞比亚大使馆商务处,一位男士表示,目前这起冲突事件已经得到妥善解……"

来源:
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2010/11


"赞比亚华人煤矿流血冲突引发关注"

来源:
www.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20101122-Zambia-chinese-investment-and-workers-resentment-109872599.html

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