[Non-Sequitur]

China isn’t in Africa for any altruistic reasons. She’s there for the raw materials and energy and that’s the sole extent of her interest. Her dealings will enrich a few of the local strongmen but will leave the average African as bad off, if not worse off than he would have been without China’s presence. Witness Sudan and Darfur.

[The_Republican]

I am disappointed if my post came across as implying that China was in Africa for altruistic reasons.

The invisible hand is a good thing! Remember? With all the Liberal brainwashing, we are beginning to forget that.

Pursuit of “happiness” guided by invisible hand is what made us great and if more people allow the invisible-hand to function freely, they would become great too.

[schu]

Exactly. China is not interested in Africa for any other reason except what helps China.

The only real hope for Africa is a huge dose of Christianity. Some of the stories like Rwanda, Darfur and Zimbabwe are just too unbelievable to be real.

Deep Chinese involvement will do nothing to change the present nature of Africa ... have at it!

schu

[xkaydet65]

If you read Philip Snow’s excellent book The Star Raft, he shows ( book is 20 years old) that Chinese interest in and penetration of Africa is very old news. Whree it failed in the past was because what African nation could ever become as regimented and single minded as Mao’s China. Now however the agents of the PRC arrive in Sayville Row suits and speak the language of international finance, with military hardware thrown in.They don’t bother the local leaders with niceties like civil rights. They very much remind me of good old American Organized Crime. As Michael might be paraphrased, for the Chinese in Africa “It’s business,not ideology.”

[LomanBill]

[China isn’t in Africa for any altruistic reasons. She’s there for the raw materials and energy and that’s the sole extent of her interest. Her dealings will enrich a few of the local strongmen but will leave the average African as bad off, if not worse off than he would have been without China’s presence. Witness Sudan and Darfur.]

 

Gee, that sounds familiar.

 

Let's see....

 

China British Petroleum isn’t in Africa America for any altruistic reasons. She’s there for the raw materials and energy and that’s the sole extent of her interest. Her dealings will enrich a few of the local strongmen but will leave the average African American as bad off, if not worse off than he would have been without China’s British Petroleum's presence. Witness Sudan and Darfur Rhodesia  and South Affrica.

 

Yep, thought so.

 

DRILL DRILL DRILL!   So American Natural Resources can be sold to her enemies for the profit of British Petrolium.

 

Yeeee Ha!

[GatorGirl]

You are right. Oil was just found in Ghana, which will raise that country’s fortunes considerably (and it is currently democratic and friendly toward the U) but guess who is funding the vast majority of roads and development there? Not us!

I’d watch out for China anywhere, anyhow!