{"id":45018,"date":"2009-09-21T21:09:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T04:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=45018"},"modified":"2009-09-21T21:09:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T04:09:38","slug":"china-distributes-aid-in-africa-with-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/09\/china-distributes-aid-in-africa-with-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"China Distributes Aid in Africa, With a Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third article in a New York Times series<\/strong><\/a> called “Uneasy Engagement,” which examines “stresses and strains of China\u2019s emergence as a global power,” looks at China’s complicated relationship with various African nations:<\/p>\n

\nNow the scanners seem to illustrate something else: the aura of boosterism, secrecy and back-room deals that has clouded China\u2019s use of billions of dollars in foreign aid to court the developing world.<\/p>\n

From Pakistan to Angola to Kyrgyzstan, China is using its enormous pool of foreign currency savings to cement diplomatic alliances, secure access to natural resources and drum up business for its flagship companies. Foreign aid \u2014 typically cut-rate loans, sometimes bundled with more commercial lines of credit \u2014 is central to this effort.<\/p>\n

Leaders of developing nations have embraced China\u2019s sales pitch of easy credit, without Western-style demands for political or economic reform, for a host of unmet needs. The results can be clearly seen in new roads, power plants, and telecommunications networks across the African continent \u2014 more than 200 projects since 2001, many financed with preferential loans from the Chinese government\u2019s Exim Bank.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The third article in a New York Times series called “Uneasy Engagement,” which examines “stresses and strains of China\u2019s emergence as a global power,” looks at China’s complicated relationship with various African nations: Now the scanners seem to illustrate something else: the aura of boosterism, secrecy and back-room deals that has clouded China\u2019s use of 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