Buildings, roads, power plants, and more infrastructure are going up in the African continent, built by the Chinese.
China is the Africa's biggest trading partner and often makes deals that include building projects (Nigerian railway). Go to the article "How Chinese Urbanism is Transforming African Cities" to see apartment buildings that "fail to relate to the local context," in Nairobi, Kenya.
But the building projects are needed in Africa, and China sees them as an important investment in the pursuit of their own interests. There's just a concern on the part of some people that China may develop too much influence there. A Nigerian prince, for example, sees China becoming dominant and has told the U.S. president that America should be more involved.
And the most bizarre Chinese export to Africa may be the empty city in Angola.
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