http://risingpowers.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/02/brics-in-africa/ BRIC and Beyond: The world's emergent and resurgent powers. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://risingpowers.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/02/brics-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-163 China & Africa: Imperialism, Corruption, Growing Pains » Rising Powers Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:50:51 +0000 http://risingpowers.foreignpolicyblogs.com/?p=1657#comment-163 [...] An article on a corruption investigation in Namibia related to Chinese investment there appeared in the NYTimes on Friday.  China is confronting the growing pains of being an “imperial” power, as this giant nation increases its FDI and access to raw materials and markets in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere.  Just like imperialists that came before, since the scramble for Africa in the late 19th century, bribes and other forms of less-overt control are hard to resist.  I explored China’s challenge of cleaning up corrupt practices related to international commerce in an earlier post, and my colleague David Kampf  looked into the BRICs rising profile in Africa.  [...] [...] An article on a corruption investigation in Namibia related to Chinese investment there appeared in the NYTimes on Friday.  China is confronting the growing pains of being an “imperial” power, as this giant nation increases its FDI and access to raw materials and markets in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere.  Just like imperialists that came before, since the scramble for Africa in the late 19th century, bribes and other forms of less-overt control are hard to resist.  I explored China’s challenge of cleaning up corrupt practices related to international commerce in an earlier post, and my colleague David Kampf  looked into the BRICs rising profile in Africa.  [...]

]]> http://risingpowers.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/02/brics-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-141 ACWorld Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:33 +0000 http://risingpowers.foreignpolicyblogs.com/?p=1657#comment-141 The BRIC nations will change the global balance of power, especially in regards to international investment. The Asia Chronicle (www.asiachroniclenews.com) just released a research study on how Asia, especially China, will cause competition in Africa. The BRIC nations will change the global balance of power, especially in regards to international investment. The Asia Chronicle  www.asiachroniclenews.com) just released a research study on how Asia, especially China, will cause competition in Africa.

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