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Maybe so. But in a sense, Africa is the last frontier. I doubt that the surface of its natural resources have been scratched. Uranium mining is already established in Africa,...all types of metals,..and the fun will begin when the Chinese start pulling oil out of its ground.

It's difficult to look ahead and not seeing China becoming the dominant power on the planet. If they integrate the African Continent into their country China could very well be a world power like the world has never seen.

They have enough problems keeping their own country straight. They will however rape Africa of its minerals for sure. They are not experts on colonization so who knows what happens in Africa.

China has big plans but where’s the market ? The tariffs are all about reigning in China. The internal Chinese market doesn’t come close to supporting their manufacturing base. I think the direct trade to the US is 16% of their entire economy but that’s less than half of the total portion of their economy that’s tied to exports to the US. There’s more in indirect Chinese content. Rough estimates put the Chinese at 40% dependent upon the US market. As Trump drives the US supply chain out of China the Chinese will collapse and at the same time their natural rivals India ,Taiwan and Vietnam will grow stronger. The African investment will become a money pit for the Chinese. They will run out their foreign reserves and it will get ugly quick as the Africans are unable and unwilling to pay the Chinese back. The Chinese have already overextended themselves assuming the US market would remain wide open to their exploitation. They’re in a trap made of their own conceit. We will bring back some high value manufacturing and the rest will get spread around the globe.

I don't think China's expansion into Africa has to do with economic opportunities. It has to do with building up their own infrastructure and for providing land and resources for a people who already number 1.4 billion.

The Chinese have no plans to be paid back by the Africans. They will put Africa into debt, then when no payment comes they will simply appropriate whatever they want for payment on the loan.

Putting Africa into debt is a part of China's plan.

interesting viewpoints we get to read. and often they make perfect sense.

then there's the long discussed view of the Africa Country. noone sees much hope for it, even without the arabs and the hebrews on the northside.

but, if africa could ever come together as one nation, kind of like austraila was positioned, then with a good leader they're also in the drivers seat.

the problem with all those little countries, is that the royal families don't want to cede any of their power, authority, and standard of living to others.

there's too many differing tribes with different cultural backgrounds, beliefs and traditions.

it would take a "hitler" type to unify the continent.

meanwhile, the islamacists will wage war on the heathen, china & the us will compete for available resources to be utilized in their own economies.

it looks like business as usual for a long time to come.

interesting viewpoints we get to read. and often they make perfect sense.

then there's the long discussed view of the Africa Country. noone sees much hope for it, even without the arabs and the hebrews on the northside.

but, if africa could ever come together as one nation, kind of like austraila was positioned, then with a good leader they're also in the drivers seat.

the problem with all those little countries, is that the royal families don't want to cede any of their power, authority, and standard of living to others.

there's too many differing tribes with different cultural backgrounds, beliefs and traditions.

it would take a "hitler" type to unify the continent.

meanwhile, the islamacists will wage war on the heathen, china & the us will compete for available resources to be utilized in their own economies.

it looks like business as usual for a long time to come.

agree, except Israel is not in Africa

I don't think China's expansion into Africa has to do with economic opportunities. It has to do with building up their own infrastructure and for providing land and resources for a people who already number 1.4 billion.

The Chinese have no plans to be paid back by the Africans. They will put Africa into debt, then when no payment comes they will simply appropriate whatever they want for payment on the loan.

Putting Africa into debt is a part of China's plan.

China has existed for 5 millennia. I wouldn't be too quick to count it out.

In fact, it seems to me that China is the only Nation on the planet with long term plans.

As for them having lots of people is true but the rest of the story is that due to the one child policy they’re getting old fast. When 800 million of your 1.4 billion people are elderly the economy becomes stagnant and you can’t afford to lose any of your productive younger people. Hard to get the kids to go along with killing their parents and grandparents so communist can free up cash and young men for imperial wars.

South Africa only "thinks" it's experienced apartheid.

Once the Chinese get established in South Africa, apartheid will mean that all blacks will be forbidden from even entering the Chinese enclaves. Any who attempt to will be planted unceremoniously into the ground.

The African Continent will belong to China by 2100,....maybe even sooner.

They don't have to wait 80 years; they can take anything they want right now.

The Chinese promise the world then import Chinese to do the work, when they leave they take everything including the railway tracks.

Those poor bloody Africans are going to get a shafting like they have never experienced...the rich ones will go to Europe on the Chinese bribes.