Racism for sale
African kids recording Chinese video messages: cute gimmick or racist exploitation?
成人快手 reporter Runako Celina tells us about her long search for the origins of a shocking video circulating on Chinese social media in 2020. It showed a group of African children being instructed to chant racist phrases in Chinese. The answers Runako found are in her 成人快手 Africa Eye documentary Racism for Sale.
For the love of mangoes!
We unleash the Fifth Floor mic in the 成人快手 Delhi bureau where colleagues from the Indian language services share their love of mangoes, especially their local varieties. Thanks to Siddhanath Ganu of 成人快手 Marathi, Sarika Singh of 成人快手 Hindi, Khushboo Sandhu of 成人快手 Punjabi, Brijal Shah of 成人快手 Gujarati, Venkat Prasad G of 成人快手 Telugu and Saranya Nagarajan of 成人快手 Tamil.
New words and a culture shift in Ukraine
'Putler', 'Ruscists' and 'Anglo-Saxons': what words can tell us about the cultural shift in Ukraine since the invasion, and why some are 'changing their shoes mid-air', with Vitaliy Shevchenko from 成人快手 Monitoring.
Bangladesh container depot blast
The devastating explosion at the Sitakunda container depot near Chittagong killed more than 40 people and injured hundreds. 成人快手 Bangla journalist Shahnewaj Rocky is from Chittagong and spoke with firefighters and some of those who rushed to help the victims.
Ventriloquist queen
American ventriloquist Angelique-Monet became a queen in Nigeria after falling in love with a Nigerian king and marrying him. She lives in Eti-Oni in southern Nigeria where she and her puppet, Milk the Cow, entertain local children with their skills. 成人快手 Africa's Youth News reporter Damilola Oduolowu caught her show.
(Photo: A Chinese greeting from African children. Credit: 成人快手)
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 成人快手鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi