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Fri 08 Aug 2008Africa does not need resource colonialism
ANALYSIS:While Chinese demand for oil and minerals benefits Africa, there are negative side-effects, writes Padraig Carmody
ACCORDING TO Tony Blair, China is the country with the most influence in Africa. How is this influence being used, and has the Chinese impact been positive or negative? China has had both direct and indirect economic impacts on Africa. China is the world's third-largest recipient of foreign investment, some of which might otherwise go to Africa.
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