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b"As China looks for resources to benefit its growing consumption, African countries are looking for funds for development. We're now seeing Chinese state-owned firms building large scale infrastructure within the continent in exchange for access to minerals and oil. In 2000 Sino-African trade was 10 billion dollars. Just fourteen years later, this grew to 220 billion dollars.\\nHow did this happen? Is China looking to be in their words \\u201cfriends of Africa\\u201d or are they a new set of colonisers?\\nAhmed Salami: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-62975584\\xa0\\nFollow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. It's a Continent (published by Coronet) is available to purchase: itsacontinent.com/book \\xa0\\nWe're on Buy me a Coffee too: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent\\nVisit our website: itsacontinent.com\\nHosts: Chinny: Twitter/IG: chindomiee\\nAstrid: IG: astrid_mbx\\nArtwork by Margo Designs: https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com\\nMusic provided by Free Vibes: https://goo.gl/NkGhTg\\nWarm Nights by Lakey Inspired: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/...\\nCreative Commons \\u2014 Attribution 3.0 Unported\\u2014 CC BY 3.0\\nhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/...\\nSources for further reading:\\nAngola/China 2004 R4I contract\\nChina's Power in Africa: A New Global Order\\nChina Africa Trade: Chinese have Replaced Britishers as our Masters!\\nChina, the Neo-colonial power in Africa\\nThe worst thing about Kenya's new power plant isn't that Chinese workers are being brought in to build it\\nThe racist face of the Chinese presence in Africa\\nChina in Africa: Implications of a Deepening Relationship\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"