The Pacific island country is resource-rich but is also one of the poorest economies in the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PORT MORESBY - In Papua New Guinea’s capital, shanty towns without electricity or water that surround modern high-rise buildings are soon to be joined by a new project in the coastal city – a gleaming Chinatown complex.
But locals are aggrieved they are seeing no obvious benefit from Beijing’s big spend, complaining that thousands of workers are being flown in and paid to work on large projects, only to send the money home. The walls of a convention centre built by China for the Apec summit are covered in graffiti with only guards and gardeners remaining at the site. They say electricity has been turned off since 2018.‘Discriminated’
The entrance of a school for 3,000 students is adorned with Chinese script while bus stops with Chinese signage built for the 2018 Apec summit dot the city centre. The latest wave of Belt and Road workers has only heightened communal tensions, sparking riots and looting against Chinese businesses.“They are discriminated against locally. I am feeling it a little bit,” said 46-year-old Chen Jing, a phone repair stall owner.
“There are some jobs they just can’t do. They can’t help us,” said the businessman from China’s Fujian Province, switching from English to Mandarin so locals can’t understand him.A bus shelter donated by the Chinese government in Port Moresby. PHOTO: AFP
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