SOUTHERN AFRICA: Increasing hostility towards Chinese traders

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Increasing hostility towards Chinese traders:

JOHANNESBURG/BLANTYRE/MASERU/LUSAKA, 7 September 2012 (IRIN) - In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing economic hardships have come to depend on their low prices, local shop owners complain they are being forced out of business, pressuring governments to introduce restrictions on foreign traders.