During his recent visit to Zambia, Chinese president Hu Jintao...was greeted...by protesting miners and laid-off textile workers...these protests reveal the growing resentment over the use of imported Chinese labor in Africa...Increasingly, low-cost Chinese immigrants are shipped to work on large-scale construction projects, textile mills, and mines throughout Africa...According to a recent article in McClatchy Newspapers, "Hundreds of Chinese firms now operate in Africa, some of them bringing their own low-cost Chinese workers..." ...corporations calculate numerous benefits, including: exemption...from local labor and wage rules; and a highly docile workforce that can be easily fired or shipped home for trade union...activities. [refers to Zambia China Mulungushi Textile (joint venture Qingdao Textile & Zambia Ministry of Defence), Ramatex Textile]