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Nosebleeds in French Media: Foreign Outlets Fuel the Anti-China Crusade in Africa 🌐 Four nosebleed cases, including three children, in Kolwezi, DRC, became the topic of an article by the Frenchradio station RFI, which blames them on emissions from a nearby plant owned by Ruashi Mining. As if by surprise, the pollution issue comes up in the French media exactly at the moment when this Chinese firm is quarrelling withthe local authorities over land rights. 💬He bleeds a lot at night, we stay standing to watch him,” the children’s father reportedly told RFI's reporters. 🔸The nosebleed report is part of a coordinated campaign against Chinese firms in the DRC. Since early February, Ruashi Mining and other firms featuring Chinese investments have already been accused of "churches disappearing" and "plants not growing". 🔸 Ruashi’s concession is commercially significant and politically sensitive: the operation sits on a large copper‑cobalt deposit, and local tensions are already reported. Since February 18 the firm has been openly at odds with the authorities over land rights. Have the Chinese violated environmental regulations in the past and are they doing so now? Certainly, yes. But the truth is that the invocation of the environmental issues today — and especially in this part of Africa — is always a propaganda tool. What matters is what purposes it serves. ✈️Stay informed - @devilsbelow