China In Africa

Fast Company by Richard Behar | May. 28, 2008 (Special Report)

With its resource-hungry push into the sub-Sahara, Beijing puts the planet to the test.

While America is preoccupied with the war in Iraq (cost: half a trillion dollars and counting), and while think-tank economists continue to spit out papers debating whether vital resources are running out at all, China's leadership isn't taking any chances. In just a few years, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has become the most aggressive investor-nation in Africa. This commercial invasion is without question the most important development in the ... Full Story »

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by Naomi Isler - Oct. 1, 2008

It is a good overview of additional (obvious) evidence that a billion or so Chinese will consume a lot of resources. And American media seem focused on only Chinese consumption of oil, ignoring a lot of the other resources noted here. That the Chinese government treats Africans somewhat worse than it apparently treats its own citizens is eye opening, but shouldn't be surprising, nor should the idea that China acts like a colonial power. It is one. Ask most Tibetans - or members of other surrounding areas that China has conquered over history.