History and Hegemony

It's a tough being a global economic exploiter:

Two Chinese mining managers in Zambia are scheduled to go on trial for attempted murder next month, accused of shooting and wounding thirteen miners during a 2008 riot over wages at a Chinese-owned coal mine. That riot, in October, 2010, was followed last month by another burst of unrest in Zambia when hundreds of miners at NFCA Mining, in a long-running dispute with Chinese management, burned and vandalized company vehicles and shattered windows. It is all part of a low boil of unrest that has persisted over the past few years, as Chinese-owned enterprises have injected money into Zambia’s mining sector.

Just a few years ago the mining managers would have been Americans. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out and whether the Chinese learn to avoid the arrogant errors of profit maximizers abroad and at home.