Comments on: Peter Davies on China in Africa - Is China the new colonial power in Africa? http://www.bloggernews.net/113876 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeff http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-511053 Jeff Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:50:42 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-511053 The whites are hypocrite.On on hand, they proclaim good governance, human rights, bla, bla.., on the other hand they do not want to invest in Africa since Africa is lack of good investment enviornment, as well as choke the Africa farmers by Agriculture subsidies. Oh,yeah. The colonizers with guns are coming again. It is not China but Africa Command. What Africa need is fair trade and direct imvestments to pave the way for economy takeoff. There are a lot to improve but what China has been doing is on the right direction. The whites are hypocrite.On on hand, they proclaim good governance, human rights, bla, bla.., on the other hand they do not want to invest in Africa since Africa is lack of good investment enviornment, as well as choke the Africa farmers by Agriculture subsidies.

Oh,yeah. The colonizers with guns are coming again. It is not China but Africa Command.

What Africa need is fair trade and direct imvestments to pave the way for economy takeoff. There are a lot to improve but what China has been doing is on the right direction.

]]> By: Chinese people http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-247897 Chinese people Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:41:37 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-247897 there are only two response of three except for author, which is against author's view. But I still like to stand with the author, apparently beloning to white race. I have to appoint out that China will be a real giant, if it is so sensible to the world like white now. there are only two response of three except for author, which is against author’s view. But I still like to stand with the author, apparently beloning to white race. I have to appoint out that China will be a real giant, if it is so sensible to the world like white now.

]]> By: Isha http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-244343 Isha Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:04:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-244343 Are you joking, Mr. Davies? The " good " of Western colonialism was the slave ships, machine guns, mass killings, kidnappings, gunship policies, lootings... the lists go on and on ... who told you that China is practicing colonialism... Did China overthrow any African Government? Did China use so called humanitarian intervention to practice imperialism?... what a joke... Even during the era of Cold War, African countries could pick and choice and bargain, after that they lose all the bargain powers and were treated ruthlessly by the West... now China just started to enter the picture and African countries are regaining their bargaining power and leverage... look how the West is afraid of the competition and the whining is simply sickening... Isha Are you joking, Mr. Davies? The ” good ” of Western colonialism was the slave ships, machine guns, mass killings, kidnappings, gunship policies, lootings… the lists go on and on … who told you that China is practicing colonialism… Did China overthrow any African Government? Did China use so called humanitarian intervention to practice imperialism?… what a joke… Even during the era of Cold War, African countries could pick and choice and bargain, after that they lose all the bargain powers and were treated ruthlessly by the West… now China just started to enter the picture and African countries are regaining their bargaining power and leverage… look how the West is afraid of the competition and the whining is simply sickening…

Isha

]]> By: Peter Davies http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-234961 Peter Davies Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:53:06 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-234961 All the "good" things mentioned by Luren Tong since China entered Africa are similar to what happened all those years ago when the West first entered Africa - especially when settlers started arriving. You only have to look at the economic strength and standards of health in Zimbabwe (where life expectancy exceeded 60 years) in the 1970s compared with life expectancy in Zimbabwe now - 34 years for women, and 37 for men. Is Lauren Tong suggesting that Africa flourishes under colonial rule - whether by the West or by China? All the “good” things mentioned by Luren Tong since China entered Africa are similar to what happened all those years ago when the West first entered Africa - especially when settlers started arriving. You only have to look at the economic strength and standards of health in Zimbabwe (where life expectancy exceeded 60 years) in the 1970s compared with life expectancy in Zimbabwe now - 34 years for women, and 37 for men. Is Lauren Tong suggesting that Africa flourishes under colonial rule - whether by the West or by China?

]]> By: Tong, Luren http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-234412 Tong, Luren Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:16:14 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113876#comment-234412 The West has been "aiding" Africa the dark continent for over 400 years. At the end of that, Africans are poorer, sicker, and less able to support themselves then ever before. In the short few years that China has been active in Africa, if anything, the competition alone has brought much better terms of trade and investments to the Africans, marshalling in a new era of hope, with improved economic growth rates (as high as 7 or 8% in certain areas) all over the continent. It is irrefutable that the efforts of the Chinese have improved the conditions for the Africans. Goods are more available and cheaper. Export markets have grown by leaps and bounds - where the Chinese went, the Indians were afraid to be left out, and other nations' infrastructure investments also went in to take advantage of the Asian demands for natural resources. So the Chinese leverage has greatly tipped the balance in favor of the Africans. The West has been “aiding” Africa the dark continent for over 400 years. At the end of that, Africans are poorer, sicker, and less able to support themselves then ever before.

In the short few years that China has been active in Africa, if anything, the competition alone has brought much better terms of trade and investments to the Africans, marshalling in a new era of hope, with improved economic growth rates (as high as 7 or 8% in certain areas) all over the continent.

It is irrefutable that the efforts of the Chinese have improved the conditions for the Africans. Goods are more available and cheaper. Export markets have grown by leaps and bounds - where the Chinese went, the Indians were afraid to be left out, and other nations’ infrastructure investments also went in to take advantage of the Asian demands for natural resources. So the Chinese leverage has greatly tipped the balance in favor of the Africans.

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