Riz Khan - China in Africa - 25 Jun 08 - Part 2

In recent years, China has become the most aggressive investor nation in Africa. The Riz Khan show asks if China is exploiting African nations or offering real economic growth and opportunity to sub-Saharan Africa?

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[kurchif]

you bloody white stay away from Africa wherever you are!

China and Africa are friend for good

what you gone do? are you gone exterminate Africans.

[Rakkasans2006]

what the fuck is wrong with you people here. African leaders can think for themselves. If they want to trade with China let them trade. All this colonising bullshit is just xenophobia.

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@lamrof

Western only like to talk, talk, talk, like the dog barking everywhere without doing any useful thing to African. Chinese is more pragmactic , they know talk cannot solve the problem. This is the different between west and east.

[crumcon]

At least the Chinese trade with African countries.. but the white TOOK WHATEVER WANTS FOR FREE for 100 - 300 years

[afroblack1000]

Don't believe that Africa is still waiting for technology transfer from the outside in this time of enlightenment.

African domestic continental investment on African businesses, technological education, technological esponiage and trading African resources to the outside world via a common African currency is the only way forward. Building African pre-industrial cultures from an industrial foundation is the solution.

[afroblack1000]

@tybash . You 've just made the most sensible comment in this forum. Only Africa can help itself, neither China nor the West can bring genuine development to Africa.

[commonman80]

Now I'm questioning this sudden "Global Economic Crisis". It may just be a ploy to exhaust China's Financial Resources to prevent them from investing in Africa.

I think perhaps China needs to STOP LENDING MONEY to western countries. If they fall, LET THEM FALL. I don't think they will pay China back and use it as a stepping stone to go to war with China once the money is gone..

[Tigadee00]

China needs Africa's resources, it's true. BUT China is building into Africa, not just handing out "aid" with a large bunch of NGOs, effectively making Africans dependent on Western money for survival. China's building roads, bridges, homes, etc., to build UP nations, in exchange for Africa's resources paid for fairly. China isn't introducing Communism into Africa, and would certainly want good governance in Africa to protect its investments. No oountry is perfect, so why demonize China?

[iliketacosyburritos]

Why did he only have 1 Black guest and 2 White guests? Why weren't there more black guests or any Chinese guests speaking?

I find it funny how all the people who phoned in were african and defending China - most africans have a good opinion of Chinese. I also find it suspicious that they suddenly got an email from nigeria condemning China.

[lamrof]

The west loves to see these rating they came up with, giving African a bad image for themselves. Good then China doesn't give a shit about this western rating, transparency rating, peace rating, crime rating, BS, The west has effectively managed itself to be scared shit-less of Africa. My point is why worry now that China is in Africa and building relationship with us, they did not die, they were not hanged. The west is in the pits of ignorance, lets keep it that way

[PrometheanRunGood]

I've never seen so much Western media cliché coming out of one man. Richard Behar needs to think for himself.