They can have it, good luck with all that.
Decrying euro colonialism, The African now calls for Chinese colonialism.
Got it.
I have read the same article since the early 70’s. It amazes me that each time the author thinks they have stumbled onto a fact that is earth shattering. The Chinese have been using the same strategy in Africa since Mao was on the green side of the grass.
I am much more concerned about the national security implications of the US outsourcing much of its industrial base to China over the past 25 years than I am about anything China is doing in Africa today.
Send the Chinese some copies of “Heart of Darkness “. Maybe they will think twice.