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Chinese, it’s the new black in Kinshasa
February 21, 2010 | One Comment
Chinese, it’s the new black in Kinshasa

The arrival of an estimated one million Chinese across Africa is having an impact far beyond what anyone could have expected.  With many of those Chinese immigrants assigned to the mines and construction projects that …

Critics of China’s Role in Africa Should Take a Long, Hard Look in the Mirror
February 12, 2010 | No Comment
Critics of China’s Role in Africa Should Take a Long, Hard Look in the Mirror

International media have reported up a storm on the recent surge in China-Africa links. They invoke a theme familiar from the past two centuries of colonialism and Cold War: Africa is beset by poverty and ignorance, …

China’s Race for Raw Materials
September 6, 2009 | No Comment

WASIT PROVINCE, Iraq — When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry …