This gigantic metropolis of 25 million seemed destined to become the world’s new capital city — provided China’s economy, still surging at over 10% per annum, remains strong, and political stability continues. Beijing’s massive new skyscrapers, huge government blocks, broad, traffic-clogged avenues and miasma of smog and dust give it the look of an imperial capital in a science fiction film.
Last week Beijing staged a grandiose summit for 48 African leaders who received $10 billion in aid from China’s new leader, President Hu Jintao.
Energy-voracious China now gets 30% of its oil from Africa. Angola just passed Saudi Arabia as China’s leading oil supplier. China is bent on securing the lion’s share of Africa’s supplies of oil and other strategic resources. China-Africa trade has surged 30% to $50 billion in 2003.
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The Future Is Made In China
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The future my ass, it's already here.
The PRESENT is made in China.
Look at everything you have bought in the last 10-15 years, and see exactly where it was manufactured.
The future is already here.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
Be aware that after Talisman was forced out of the Sudan, it was the Chinese that secured the oilfields after the Canadian's left. And low and behold we have the Jangaweed spring up soon thereafter leading to massacres only eclipsed by Rwanda. China is everywhere in Africa and there is no oversight whatsoever. They do what they do with basic impunity and virtually no uproar from the "humanitarian" organizations. Amnesty (to their credit) will issue their condemnations about once a year, but for all intents and purposes, everyone else is quiet.
Beware who you are cozying up to.