Why China is Trying to Colonise Africa

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | August 31, 2007 | By David Blair

[CarrotAndStick]

Every Chinese-owned shop in the city was barricaded to avoid being looted. Meanwhile, shops owned by whites or Asians carried on trading without incident.

This may seem a bit confusing to some, but in Africa and Britain, 'Asian' is the term used to refer to someone from the Indian Subcontinent.

[doc1019]

They gota’ go somewhere. The one family, one baby this is not working.

[Bender2]

Okay, my guess... is they missed out on the whole slaver thing during the 1500s-1800s and want to make up for it.

[WVNan]

I don’t see this as a bad thing. One sure way to stop the Islamization of Africa.

[doc1019]

Yea, supplanting one devil for another.

[ken21]

will any american university professors step forward and

denounce this as chinese imperialism?

[Leo Carpathian]

and where are the enviromentablistsssss?

[ken21]

there must be all of 50 people on fr tonight,

and 38 of them are mormons!

[PetroniusMaximus]

“will any american university professors step forward... “

Noam is indisposed.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“and 38 of them are mormons!”

39

:)

[Polybius]

America and the Western powers have already snapped up the world's largest oil reserves. Saudi Arabia and Iraq - with 45 per cent of the world's oil between them - are in effect closed to China.

Don't worry, China. If the Democrats win the White House in November of 2008, they will abandon that 45 per cent of the world's oil.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Good point! As a direct result of the one baby policy, there are well over 100 million surplus young males (i.e. that many more than females). They have to be kept out of trouble somehow — and colonizing Africa is probably as good a way as any.

[Frank_2001]

So in addition to dangerous toys, cars that foldup like accordions, and all the other junk made in China, even their MA-60 airplanes are unsafe! Oy vay....

[ansel12]

I wish someone in the media with a better memory than me would start including that China was very aggressively pursuing this in the 50s.

[ansel12]

In the 50s the focus was very heavy on converting them to Communism.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"Like all empires, China's economic domain in Africa is stirring deep resentment."

Like all empires? What nonsense! This reminds me of the scene from "The Life of Brian", where the Judean revolutionaries complain about the Roman Empire.

[Lancey Howard]

Why China is Trying to Colonise Africa

Hint: Soylent Green

[Proud_USA_Republican]

answer = Mercantalism.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Africa pinglist.

The Chinese are following the resources.

And they aren't the only ones.