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The burgeoning relationship between China and Africa has been one of the great economic stories of the 21st century. Billions of dollars of investment and loans from China have created radical change in many African countries. But not everyone is happy, with some even claiming this is a new form of colonialism. As signs of discontent grow in countries like Zambia, and investment numbers start to slip down, we ask: is the China-Africa love affair over?

Contributors include:

Dr Lauren Johnston \u2013 Research Fellow, University of Melbourne\nProfessor Lina Benabdallah \u2013 Assistant Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Wake Forest University\nLaura Miti \u2013 Executive Director, Alliance for Community Action\nProfessor Stephen Chan \u2013 Professor of World Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

Presenter: Linda Yueh\nProducer: Beth Sagar-Fenton

(A Chinese railway worker drills holes on the newly put railway tracks in Dondo, outside Luanda, Angola. Photo credit: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images )