China in Africa

Good article on China in Africa, which like the former European colonial powers, goes there to exploit resources on the back of African workers while African elites benefit:
Now, however, that exploitation has become so widespread and rank that the African people are turning against the increasing influence and presence of the Chinese on their continent. Reports of disgruntled Africans working on Chinese projects for what amounts to a slave's wage have come to epitomize Sino-African relations as much as any sparkling new infrastructure.

There was a particularly ugly reminder of this last month in the southern town of Sinazongwe in Zambia, where Chinese managers of the Collum Coal Mine fired on workers protesting against their dismal pay conditions. In the ensuing mayhem, 11 Zambians were wounded; three Chinese employees were also injured. Two Chinese managers of the mine, Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua, have been charged with attempted murder and released on bail of $10,000 as an investigation into the shooting continues.