China X Africa: mutual gain or neo-colonisers?
As China looks for resources to benefit its growing consumption, African countries are looking for funds for development. We're now seeing Chinese state-owned firms building large scale infrastructure within the continent in exchange for access to minerals and oil. In 2000 Sino-African trade was 10 billion dollars. Just fourteen years later, this grew to 220 billion dollars.
How did this happen? Is China looking to be in their words “friends of Africa” or are they a new set of colonisers?
Ahmed Salami: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-62975584
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Sources for further reading:
Angola/China 2004 R4I contract
China's Power in Africa: A New Global Order
China Africa Trade: Chinese have Replaced Britishers as our Masters!
China, the Neo-colonial power in Africa
The racist face of the Chinese presence in Africa
China in Africa: Implications of a Deepening Relationship
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