Africa: Dispelling the Myths of China's Presence in Africa

30 August 2012
opinion

The West is worried about Chinese investment in Africa. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton regularly makes veiled references to the danger of Africa's "new colonialists". Last summer, UK prime minister David Cameron warned Africans about the risks of partnering with authoritarian China.

Why? Everyone knows that the Chinese are aggressive newcomers to Africa, only interested in resources, including land to feed China's growing population; bringing in all their own workers in countries desperate for employment. Yet much of what "everyone knows" about Chinese investment in Africa is simply wrong.

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