http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/06/02/chinas-activities-in-africa-169.html China & India, 40% of the world's population Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2-RC2 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/06/02/chinas-activities-in-africa-169.html#comment-4769 kofi Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:49:49 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/06/02/chinas-activities-in-africa-169.html#comment-4769 The article you refer to is, at best, rude. The author(s) as europeans have no business in meddling in the affairs of China and Africa. The way issues are presented in the piece is puerile to say the least, typical of german journalism. The crust of the matter is this, europeans have been plundering Africa (and other parts of the world) for the last 500 years and they are worried, because all of sudden there is a new buyer with whom they have to compete. Gone are the days they could dictate the price at which they bought raw materials. The sooner they get this message through their thick skuuls the faster they will learn not to write such bovine pieces for the web. Trade between Africa and China benefits both, go travel to African and see the infrastructure the Chinese are putting in place. What did europeans do in the last 500 years they have been trading with the continent. Vis-a-vis India, I am afraid, as usual, they are late to the game. I pray they wake up and contribute to the current trailblazing south-south agenda instead of always looking to europeans and caucasians in general for inspiration. The article you refer to is, at best, rude. The author(s) as europeans have no business in meddling in the affairs of China and Africa. The way issues are presented in the piece is puerile to say the least, typical of german journalism. The crust of the matter is this, europeans have been plundering Africa (and other parts of the world) for the last 500 years and they are worried, because all of sudden there is a new buyer with whom they have to compete. Gone are the days they could dictate the price at which they bought raw materials. The sooner they get this message through their thick skuuls the faster they will learn not to write such bovine pieces for the web.
Trade between Africa and China benefits both, go travel to African and see the infrastructure the Chinese are putting in place. What did europeans do in the last 500 years they have been trading with the continent.
Vis-a-vis India, I am afraid, as usual, they are late to the game. I pray they wake up and contribute to the current trailblazing south-south agenda instead of always looking to europeans and caucasians in general for inspiration.

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