Outrage over Chinese man's racist video of Malawians

The Chinese Government is working to prevent continued diplomatic fallout and protect its image in Africa after racist videos of African children made by a Chinese man living in Malawi surfaced this week. The BBC’s investigative report into the videos found a man named Lu Ke who allegedly filmed African children unknowingly saying offensive things in Mandarin such as ‘I’m a black monster' and 'I have a low IQ'. Voice of America reports that the videos were then sold on a Chinese website. The news sparked outrage in Malawi, with citizens expressing their fury on Twitter and Foreign Minister Nancy Tembo saying the country felt ‘disgusted, disrespected and deeply pained.’ After the Chinese Embassy in Malawi was initially criticised for its tepid response to the scandal, dismissing the videos as old news, on Thursday it said. ‘The Chinese community in Malawi has voiced their condemnation to racism in strong words,’ adding that ‘the isolated case by a fool individual does not change the whole picture’, the statement said.