Not a pip of criticism from the Left about this, but China, through its Belt and Road Initiative is ensnaring most of Africa’s resources, from dubious loans to dictators who spend the money on projects largely irrelevant to the common good. The Left had an industry producing books on US imperialism and neo-colonalism in the 1970s. But I remember when a book came out by Ted Wheelwright and I think A. David about the rise of Asian capitalism, about the time of the Multifunction Polis project, the Left went crazy, even though the book was scholarly and fair. As I see it, it was never about the morality of capitalism, but always about deconstructing the West.
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18417/china-taking-over-africa