http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/07/23/chinas-african-odyssey.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/07/23/chinas-african-odyssey.html#comment-10300 Gordon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:45:26 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/07/23/chinas-african-odyssey.html#comment-10300 Though I have read what you said, I could not be convinced by you on issues of Darfur. Frankly speaking, west colonists have clawed materials from African for more than 200 years, not to mention the dead slave-trading. Why don't you blame yourself by then ? Now, we Chinese help African to develop, but you said , Chinese shall be blamed. Compared to what you west colonist had done in Africa, what we did is too trivial to mention. So , I can not but conclude that you westerns are deceptive. If you want, we could debate by E-mail. Though I have read what you said, I could not be convinced by you on issues of Darfur. Frankly speaking, west colonists have clawed materials from African for more than 200 years, not to mention the dead slave-trading. Why don’t you blame yourself by then ? Now, we Chinese help African to develop, but you said , Chinese shall be blamed. Compared to what you west colonist had done in Africa, what we did is too trivial to mention. So , I can not but conclude that you westerns are deceptive.
If you want, we could debate by E-mail.

]]> http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/07/23/chinas-african-odyssey.html#comment-463 ResponsibleChina Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:55:21 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/07/23/chinas-african-odyssey.html#comment-463 Seeing as the rest of the Western world has already gotten a piece of the African pie (a point already reinforced by your intro's Joseph Conrad quote), I would think China would be able to learn from world history's past mistakes of exploitation, domination and destruction of local culture, not to mention the environment, in African countries that are vulnerable to outside forces. If China really wants to make a positive impression on the global playing field, it should reconsider its breakneck economic motives and instead evaluate how its relationship with Africa can be a foundation for leading the world in environmentally sustainable and economically responsible practices, rather than allowing it to flourish into something unmanageable and potentially catastrophic. For starters, China needs to stop making empty promises or proclaim superficial resolve on the Darfur situation. (You can read more about the China-Sudan link here: http://responsiblechina.com/2007/07/04/china-blood-oil-and-darfur/.) Seeing as the rest of the Western world has already gotten a piece of the African pie (a point already reinforced by your intro’s Joseph Conrad quote), I would think China would be able to learn from world history’s past mistakes of exploitation, domination and destruction of local culture, not to mention the environment, in African countries that are vulnerable to outside forces. If China really wants to make a positive impression on the global playing field, it should reconsider its breakneck economic motives and instead evaluate how its relationship with Africa can be a foundation for leading the world in environmentally sustainable and economically responsible practices, rather than allowing it to flourish into something unmanageable and potentially catastrophic. For starters, China needs to stop making empty promises or proclaim superficial resolve on the Darfur situation. (You can read more about the China-Sudan link here: http://responsiblechina.com/2007/07/04/china-blood-oil-and-darfur/.)

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