Chinese sell 'tender' chickens in Zambia

4 February 2011 Last updated at 11:59 ET Help

Chinese chicken farmer Pan Wei Zhi moved 7,000 miles to sell chickens at Lusaka market in Zambia.

He said he started his business in Africa as anti-Chinese sentiment no longer existed, and said once Zambians started farming chickens he would switch to producing a different product.

Justin Rowlatt investigates China's growing influence around the world in The Chinese Are Coming on BBC Two at 2100GMT on Tuesday 8 and 15 February 2011.

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