Director, African Union Department of Economic Affairs
By offering an alternative source of financing
and diplomatic support, China has become a useful bargaining
chip for African countries. Sounding a note of caution to African
policy-makers is the African Union's René N'Guettia
Kouassi, who in October told journalists, 'Africa must not
jump blindly from one type of neocolonialism into Chinese-style
neocolonialism.' Kouassi is one of the few African politicians
to criticise publicly China's growing activities in Africa....
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