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China's second continent, how a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa, Howard W. French

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index

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non fiction

China's second continent

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Howard W. French

how a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa

French reveals the human face of China's economic, political, and human presence across the African continent-- and in doing so reveals what is at stake for everyone involved. We meet a broad spectrum of China's dogged emigrant population, from those singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, commerce, and even environment, to those just barely scraping by, still convinced that Africa affords them better opportunities than their homeland. And we encounter an equally panoramic array of African responses to this new world orderDocuments the burgeoning Chinese presence in Africa to examine China's potentially world-changing role in reshaping Africa's culture and economy