[ncoaster]

invasion begins.

[USNBandit]

Not to sound alarmist, but this is starting to look a lot like the efforts Mao made back in the 60's and 70's. Despite having his own people starving from famine he was exporting a lot of goods to third world nations.

[Enchante]

"To attract and retain us, they gave extremely good terms, such as charging a symbolic annual fee of $1 per acre for 99 years," said Mr. Liu

Imagine the uproar if a western 'imperialist' company enjoyed such bogus terms??? My, my, it's fine to give away the land to the commies, but don't let those evil capitalist imperialists in.......

[CrawDaddyCA]

The Chinese will learn that a majority of the African Continent is a waste of time and money...just like countless civilizations have.

[technomage]

One thing about the Chinese, they do think very LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TERM.

With the size of their population, and the amazing expansion of their economy, raw materials of all kinds are a priority and they are attempting to put all the pieces in place now.

[AmericanVictory]

If they thought European racism was demeaning, wait til they get a load of the Han variety.

[ardmoreokie]

It'll be good for Africa. Maybe it's a chance for Africa to turn itself around, by giving them more competition (they can't blame the White Man anymore either). The Chinese didn't get to be the world's largest ethnic group by coincidence. If the Black Africans don't get their act together quickly, they might just find that they are minorities in their own continent.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Hmmph! How do you say "Quagmire" in Chinese?