The Next Empire
Author: Howard W. French.
French, Howard W.. May 2010 Issue. "The Next Empire." The Atlantic 305 (4): S. 58-69. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/the-next-empire/308018/
All across Africa, new tracks are being laid, highways built, ports deepened, commercial contracts signed—all on an unprecedented scale, and led by China, whose appetite for commodities seems insatiable. Do China’s grand designs promise the transformation, at last, of a star-crossed continent? Or merely its exploitation?Published: May 2010 IssueTyp: magazineArticleISSN: 1072-7825