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Published 11/07/2009 by Deutsche Welle

Chinese motorcycles for African oil

Last year bilateral trade between China and Africa reached an epic 100 billion US dollars, currently the Chinese economy is four times as big as that of the whole of Africa, where affordable consumer goods are lacking. 'China is present in almost every African country,' said Denis Tull,...

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...like in Sudan: "China is one of the main arm suppliers for the government of Sudan. That has made a difference for the Darfur war. Also China stopped the UN Security Council from taking measures against Sudan. So there is certainly political influence there." Guinea is another example...

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...says Tull, "where it has been reported that the government has signed a seven-billion-dollar deal with Chinese companies at a time when the new military regime is under immense international pressure over the recent massacre of civilians in the capital of Conakry. That too illustrates that the Chinese are really not paying attention at all to human rights." Author: Patrick Va...

Chinese motorcycles for African oil [Deutsche Welle - 11/07/2009]

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