francois60

We have no "Chinese Model" to promote. We believe every country shall has its own models. We respect each African country as an independent unity, and we don't impose our own ideas on others.


This must be a new policy. The Chinese government condemned the changes in government of European countries in the former Warsaw Pact and refused to establish diplomatic relations with them for some time.

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george.d

I don't consider it the past when one looks at our support of Saud, Israeli and Iraq Shia policy.

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Luke

Western are still stingy. Because compared with what western countries have robbed from Africa in the past, the aids to African countries from the west is still trivial.

China have never robbed any thing from Africa, or sold African people as slaves, so despite the fact Chinese aids are less than the aids from western countries, China is not stingy. Also bear in mind that which developing country except China has ever giving a lot of aids to other countries???

Luke

That is probably because of their interference of Chinese domestic issues like Tiananmen Incident.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

Thanks. Didn't know that.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

Oh, so you do believe two wrongs make a right, so long as the wrongs are committed at approximately the same time. It seems that with some minor tweaking on when an action is committed, you are basically fine with corrupt dictators and regimes who commit genocide.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

It's interesting. I've made a lot of friends in the US, known a lot of people and taught a lot students. None of them ever imported any slaves. I never owned any slaves either. I've made some contributions to African causes though. I assume most Chinese have not. So both of us never owned slaves, I donated money, the Chinese didn't and yet according to your logic, a Chinese has no moral high ground over me, doesn't contribute money like I do, but I'm stingy and they are not?

I would bear it in mind, if you will tell me how much Chinese aid has been given to Africa.

africanhope

I fear that we are seeing two of the worst things in Africa's history, happening again, and this time at the same time:

1. A new coloniszing force
2. Africa once more becomming the 'battlefield' in a new cold war


Lastly, Luke, if China is so concerned with the people of Africa, why are you building palaces for presidents in places like Namibia and Sudan, and not houses for the poor in those same countries????????

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francois60

That is probably because of their interference of Chinese domestic issues like Tiananmen Incident.

Most of the Eastern bloc nations changed government before Tianamen. China condemned it becuase China up until very recently believed in spreading revolution.

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africanhope

Yeah, not hey are content in trying to maintain their own revolution.


Anyway, I have been turned into a bit of a hypocryt today - my father phoned me to tell me that an offer have been made on our family bussiness (been in the family for a while) by a Chinese group.

They also already have some government contracts (which we have been steadily losing due to the governments Black Economic Empowerment program). My father says the 'stockholders' (our name for family members) are seriously considering it. So it seems I might be coming into some money thanks to Chinese inroads into Africa.


What is a man to do???


(BTW, I still say we have to be carefull of China)

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“The subject no longer has to be mentioned by name. Someone is sick. Someone else is feeling better now. A friend has just gone back into the hospital. Another has died. The unspoken name, of course, is AIDS.”
“From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.”