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Zitat:China in Africahttp://www.economist.com/opinion/display...id=8080804
Never too late to scramble
Oct 26th 2006 | BEIJING, LAGOS AND LUSAKA
From The Economist print edition
China is rapidly buying up Africa's oil, metals and farm produce. That fuels China's surging economic growth, but how good is it for Africa? ...
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Wrong model, right continent
Oct 26th 2006
From The Economist print edition
China knows what it wants from Africa and will probably get it. The converse isn't true
THE characters for “Africa” in the Mandarin language mean “wrong continent”. But the Chinese have often ignored this etymological hint. In the 15th century the emperor's emissaries sailed as far as Mozambique, carrying silk and returning with a giraffe. In the cold war Maoists dotted Africa with hospitals, football stadiums and disastrous ideas. ...