China's emerging economic dominance and increasing engagement with African nations is crafting an unprecedented east-south alliance. This new alliance embodies China's tireless thirst for resources, and at the same time adds a new chapter to the centuries-old scramble for Africa. Since 1995 Chinese investment in Africa has risen ten-fold, from $4 billion to $40 billion and in january 2006,...
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China's emerging economic dominance and increasing engagement with African nations is crafting an unprecedented east-south alliance. This new alliance embodies China's tireless thirst for resources, and at the same time adds a new chapter to the centuries-old scramble for Africa. Since 1995 Chinese investment in Africa has risen ten-fold, from $4 billion to $40 billion and in january 2006, China unveiled its new policy on Africa, laying out a roadmap for increased African engagement. This policy is increasingly visible in Sudan, where the Chinese government and state run corporations have invested billions of dollars in the country's infrastructure despite international sanctions and protestations against Sudan's appalling human rights record in the Darfur conflict. China's unquestioning engagement in Africa has lead some to call for a boycott of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
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