Beijing's New Global Migrants: Pan-African

By Steve George, August 14, 2014

"We're all outsiders here in Beijing. So we tend to stick together, it's only natural."

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'We are the same people. They can maybe tell from ... the way I speak Chinese, but they don't look at me differently.'

'People come to China for one of two reasons. Running after a woman, or running away from taxes. In my case, it was both.'

'We share a lot of history ... Russians like China, because they feel more free here.'

'I had no idea about China, or just how hard life would be for me and my family here. I only knew that I couldn't go back.'

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