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Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?
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Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?

Brook Larmer
The New York Times, 2017
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China has invested billions in infrastructure projects around the world, using its economic clout to win potential allies and secure natural resources. It has thereby mostly eschewed values like democracy and human rights, which the United States and international development assistance programs have long sought to promote. Will Chinese no-strings-attached investments ultimately benefit the populations of developing countries? Shanghai-based journalist Brook Larmer traveled to Namibia, where Chinese economic presence has grown rapidly in recent years, to talk to Namibian citizens and government officials about their experiences with their country’s powerful trading partner. 

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  • China’s economic expansion in Asia, Africa and the Middle East is growing as the United States is reducing its involvement in the developing world.
  • The need for resources and new markets to fuel China’s burgeoning economy is behind China’s economic expansion overseas.
  • Since 1997, Chinese trade with African countries has grown 40-fold.

About the Author

Brook Larmer is a Shanghai-based journalist and writer. He is the author of Operation Yao Ming.

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