Foreign Influence in Africa

During our five years at Namwianga, we witnessed a growing Chinese presence in the area. China Geo Company built (very slowly) the road from Zimba to Livingstone, and a Chinese company repaired the road from Kalomo to the mission. Cheap Chinese goods flooded into Zambian stores. It became very common to see Chinese engineers on rural roadsides supervising construction crews. This article presents an interesting analysis of China's new involvement in Africa.