talking about kamwendo, it was time to pay a visit. kamwendo is a trading post near the zambia border. in this area too, susu had found his way to a remote village. we wanted to talk to the kids he had used as his stars, and to find out if they had shared and the profit that susu had boasted about. henry had been told that he had heard that the kids had been paid up to half a dollar a day. i was keen to speak to the family of one young boy in particular, he was a prolific performer in susu s videos, known across chinese social media as xiao gulah. he was a cute kid, such a natural performer that he became a poster boy for the industry. even now, you can see him giving the thumbs up in adverts
susu. the man henry had found in the village and lu ke, the man i had been tracking online, appeared to be the same guy. this was progress. but we still could not prove he was the man behind the low iq video. we needed to get closer to him, and we knewjust the person to help us. this is paul. a chinese journalist specialised in undercover filming. chinese journalist specialised in undercoverfilming. he in undercover filming. he agreed in undercoverfilming. he agreed to help us find out more about susu. posing as a businessman who wanted to commission some video adverts for his chocolate brand, paul managed to set up a meeting. henry and i watched the footage, excited to find out more about the man we had been tracking for months. paul had to tread carefully so he started with some general
i feel like i ifeel like i am i feel like i am at a loss for words. i am at a complete loss for words, words. i am at a complete loss forwords, henry. how can words. i am at a complete loss for words, henry. how can he say this so openly? susu s videos are often cruelly patriotic. followers back home i made you think he is helping malawi enter the name of china. in reality, his racism is an insult to the many chinese people who don t share his views. and it s the exact opposite of the image of china seeks to promote in malawi, and across the african continent. chinese officials often refer to african countries as china s friends and equals. a tour around lilongwe showed me how visible china s presence has become. and, just how much
money china has spent to support its traumatic rhetoric. the chinese government has sponsored several high profile projects, including the state of the art stadium. it was built with a $70 million loan. this year is the first 5 star hotel in malawi. this 5 star hotel was funded with an 85 million alone. and this building, the parliament, it was free, a gift from china to malawi. it says, china aid right on the building there. had susu gone so far as to make those kids racially insult themselves on camera in the low iq video? it was time to ask susu directly. paul had arranged another meeting. henry and i were anxious to see the footage. paul began by giving
he knows it was a controversial thing. why is he getting worried if he isn t the one who did it? despite susu backtracking on the low iq video, his racist videos were therefore all to see. ifelt videos were therefore all to see. i felt the time had videos were therefore all to see. ifelt the time had come to confront him, but i didn t want it tojust to confront him, but i didn t want it to just be my words that he would be hearing. walking around the village near njewa adjuster photograph, henry incredibly had managed to find some children who recognise themselves in the low iq video. we showed them the video and asked them to put themselves out. that s you? i had stared at the videos and leadtimes, wondering what had happened to those children. it was surreal having them in front of me. we sat with one of