Africa: what China wants from Africa

Dr. George Ayittey‘s analysis of China's interest in Africa, “China’s increasing involvement in Africa should be viewed against this backdrop. Despite the euphonious verbiage about “cooperation”, “equal terms,” and “altruism,” the real intentions of China are threefold. The first is to gain access to Africa’s resources by signing with a bow sweetheart deals with African despots. The second is to canvass for African votes at the United Nations in its quest for global hegemony. In this sense, the Chinese are no different from the French. The third is to seek African land to dump its surplus population.

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  • Surplus population ? China can feed itself, and its population will start shrinking in the coming decades thanks to the ill-thought-of one-child policy.

    The creation of the overseas Chinese diaspora has never been an official government policy. Emigrations are triggered by famines (just like the potato famine set off the Irish migration to the US) or, more regularly, by trade or employment opportunities.

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