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22 Nov 2015

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GB Times

Study claims 60% of attacks on Chinese employees abroad occur in Africa; South Africa accounts for majority of attacks

'60% of attacks on Chinese employees occur in Africa', 23 Nov 2015: More than 60 percent of attacks on Chinese employees overseas occurred in Africa, according to the preliminary results of a study by The Paper. The study was instigated after the deaths of three executives from China’s state-owned China Railway Construction Corp. in…[the recent] terrorist attack in…Mali. The statistics show that South Africa has been the epicentre for attacks on Chinese employees in the past decade.  Overseas staff working in the petroleum, construction and mining industries, as well as individuals engaged in trade activities, are the most vulnerable to attacks, according to the study…