China and Africa

China Africa series in New York Times

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One of the unquestionable benefits of China's growing presence in Africa is that the Western media, governments and business leaders have been forced to pay attention to the continent that they would rather forget. The renminbi is simply more powerful than Bono.

Further evidence of this: a two part article series and podcast about China's involvement in Africa by Howard French and Lydia Polgreen of The New York Times:

Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa

In Africa, China Is Both Benefactor and Competitor

Podcast interview with Lydia Polgreen

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Polgreen

"Lydia Polgreen (born 1975) is an American journalist who has been the West Africa bureau chief of The New York Times, based in Dakar, Senegal, since 2005."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_French

"Howard French (born 1957) is a New York Times senior reporter as well as an author and photographer. French taught at a university in the Ivory Coast in the 1980s before becoming a reporter. He has reported extensively on the political affairs of Western and Central Africa."

I heard that Nick Young, former editor of China Development Brief, will be collaborating with the excellent Pambazuka News to produce a new publication looking at China in Africa - one to watch out for. Nick was born in Africa and worked there for many years in journalism, I believe.

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