Image: China's President Xi Jinping (C) attends the bilateral meeting with President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 31 August 2018. Roman Pilipey/Pool via Reuters
Wes Martin, National Interest: Corruption Is China's Friend in Its Quest to Dominate Africa
China doesn't care about how business is done as long as it is China's business.
China’s economic expansion into Africa has benefited Beijing tremendously by allowing access to natural resources. Yet it forced the continent’s national governments to borrow heavily for infrastructure projects. Moreover, with China’s expansion came unmitigated corruption that no one bothers to hide anymore.
Why should America care? Because China’s strategy in Africa is the reflection of its strategy, in which, like in a giant game of Go, Beijing captures territory and imposes its modus operandi on lands from Algeria to Zimbabwe.
When significant investors leave a former poster child of good governance—such as Botswana—the U.S. government and American businesses should care. In recent years, when western companies leave, the Chinese march in. To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, China wins, we lose.
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WNU Editor: Communists use to joke about capitalists more than willing to sell the rope to Communists that they would then use to hang them. Today .... it is Communist China that has no qualms on selling anything to those who can pay, or to lend money to countries that are not able to pay back. The author in the above report uses Botswana as an example on how corruption is endemic in Africa. And while no one in the West is willing to deal with Botswana today, I am willing to bet that China will be more than willing to give a helping hand.
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