Liberians divided over Chinese investment plan - 20 Feb 09

China is set to make one if its biggest overseas investments, in the west African nation of Liberia.

It's promising to spend $2.6bn developing an iron ore mine.

It's hoped the project will create 3,000 jobs in a country struggling to recover from years of war.

Dan Nolan reports from the mine site, about 150 kilometres north of the capital, Monrovia.

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[marck224]

We are a country of 3.5million people but freekin rich. The US and Europe has exploited us for years and even financed the wars that kill so many of our people. Now that the war is over, CHINA is the best way to go. We will partner with CHINA and our African brothers from NIGERIA to rebuild our country. We have the minerals, soil, tourism, and the ga dam oil. The Chinses will help train our military and we will tell the US to get the hell out. WELCOME TO THE NEW LIBERIA! WE DON'T NEED YUOR AID!

[andyly0071]

does the chinese take the african's natural resources by force like the whites ever did??NO.

dose the chinese take the african's natural resurces freely???No! the chinese exchange what they want by not only huge amount of money but also huge infrastructures.

SO, the white morons go eat shits

[Davincciable]

@ukusapillage from all the video i had seen in youtube white people are the dumb race fuck that shiit fighting at MacDonald just for sold out nuggets

[ukusapillage]

so the chinese exploit their own people and china and these blacks think they will be better then westerners... blacks are so fucking dumb its amazing they arent all dead

[marck224]

@controversyking You mean the money you never had but was given free a pass to print out when decleared the world new foreign reserve? Developing countries will no more live in the shaddow of your fear, neither, will they condescend to your ethnocentric illusion of Western superiority. Countries today want to trade with others who have sound industrialize economies to precipitate growth and lead to economic sustainability. Anything outside of this is susceptible to total collapse and failure.

[Microglia1]

I don't think there's ever hope for Liberia. The people just don't get it.

[andylumeh]

my uncle mr. konuwah was a senior staff member at bomi hills, back in 1970;s, Tamu konuah and five other brothers please contact me. andy Lumeh. / Robert simpson NIOC. Mano River . Congo & Valley Camp.

[Noobssuckass300]

@gbalah162 are you white?

[Juwreh]

still waitin for dem chinese people 2 finish fixin dat train station, tryin 2 hit monrovia 2 gio town.