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Guangzhou: Home to a New Generation of Afro-Chinese Children

by Eric Olander

Six months after the dramatic events that took place in Guangzhou where dozens, possibly hundreds of African residents were evicted from their homes and hotels, the South China Morning Post returned to the southern Chinese city to examine what daily life is like in the bustling African community known as “Chocolate City” (巧克力成).

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