A recent Economist daily chart, "The Chinese Are Coming...to Africa," highlights the Asian power's growing relationship with the world's second largest and second most populous continent:
And why is that?
To paraphrase bank robber Willie Sutton, "Because that's where the resources are!"
When a baby has one tooth and grows another tooth his growth rate is 100%. But he only has two teeth.
Posted by: Bernie | April 26, 2011 at 05:08 PM
This is a finite planet, and the struggle to control
the worlds resources for profit has been going on since
the dawn of the industrialization, but now it will turn
even much uglier because it concerns survival.
Posted by: roger | April 27, 2011 at 10:17 PM
China's been making inroads into Africa for some time now. While we shoot ourselves throwing up roadblocks to our very own resources, China is developing strategic partnerships to ensure they'll have plenty when resource depletion finally registers on everyone's radar.
Posted by: SurvivalAndProsperity.com | April 29, 2011 at 01:45 PM