Africa: Is China annexing Africa?

Posted 25 October 2007 11:43 GMT

Countries	D.R. of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Topics	International Relations, Economics & Business

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D.R. of Congo

Is China annexing Africa?:”The latest project to hit the headlines is a $5 billion offer from the Chinese government to fund roads, railways, hospitals and clinics in the African Congo. Elsewhere, China is already “the biggest investor in the Sudan,” says the Seattle Times. In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, office blocks, military headquarters and a refurbished stadium are all the work of planners from Beijing. In Uganda, Chinese money built the new State House.”

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