35,860 Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya

[helen]

35,860 Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya all back home: foreign ministry tinyurl.com/4ukgk99

That is a lot of people. Does anyone know the reason why they were there in the first place, and why China decided to evaculate them all?

[douglaslam]

This maybe the answer to the question of the large numbers of Chinese nationals in Libyia and Africa in general.

www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-oil-20110310,0,6747704.story

[helen]

Thanks Douglas - That makes good reading. I had no idea that was happening. Were the people only there on contract - or wuld rthey have had to leave houses, cars etc behind. Sounds scary - and another country where the Chinese have exited.