At a recent Democracy and Governance review conference in Pretoria, attended by researchers and policy analysts from Southern Africa, one issue that dominated the discussions of all presenters was the new role of China in Africa. Examples were generally drawn from the very visible role of China in Africa’s economy. This discussion is relevant because only in January 2006, China announced its desire to increase co-operation with African countries by issuing China’s African Policy, a paper intended to guide relations with the continent by continuing what it calls a “non interventionist and non ideological strategy.”
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