China has fast become Africa's largest trading partner, with varied investments.
Is China becoming Africa's new colonial master? Is Beijing sucking away resources to drive its own economic growth, while offering little in return?
Or is such talk the product of fear and envy? Is it a sign of Western anxieties, that China is fast becoming the new power in Africa, building more equal relationships, and undermining Western influence on the continent?
China is certainly a real force in Africa. Just look at the clutch of presidents and the officials from many more parts of Africa who have made the long trek to Beijing this week for the China-Africa Co-operation Forum.
The visitors certainly have incentives to be here. They are being showered with attention, feted at banquets and tantalised with the prospect of preferential loan deals.
Neo-colonialist charge
But China is extremely sensitive to the charge it's a neo-colonialist power and is trying hard to refute it.
President Hu Jintao picked up the theme at the forum, repeatedly calling this "a new type of China-Africa strategic partnership".
He said "the Chinese and African peoples have always treated each other as equals... we will... forever be a good friend, good partner and good brother of the African people".
Source: BBC NEWS
JE WAZUNGU WAMEANZA KUWAOGOPA WACHINA KWA JINSI UCHUMI WAO UNAVYOKUWA HARAKA, NA WANAVYOMWAGIKA AFRICA KWA KUWAITA WAKOLONI AU NI KWELI WACHINA NAO WANALAO JAMBO??
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