Current Vanguard also had an episode on this subject

'In "Chinatown, Africa", Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Angola to investigate China's rapidly growing presence in Africa. While many welcome China's investment, others see reason for concern. Chinatown, Africa is revealing look at a growing superpower's adventures abroad.' You can watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G18WUTOTF0

all about long term chinese migration strategy

well, all i can say is the chinese are very smart in terms of making profit. Believe me they would never do something that would not bring any benefit. They seem very kind at first and they also very good at hiding facts. Overtime,they would start expanding their number. They are too "hard-working " and good at playing tricks when it comes to making money and eventually they will control the economy of the region and they are the "boss". I would say they are actually playing soft colonisation

Angola's government chose

Chinese play very hard, specially for business and usually offer not good products/services. It's up to the Angolan government to ensure the deal is good for people and for the country. As the majority of the African countries are not committed to their own people, it's easy to make any deal in there and get some money or advantage from it.

Patronising racist attitudes

the Chinese would have little faith in local labor and skills, would be the primary reason for what we saw.perhaps partly with some justification, perhaps partly with what we would gasp "Racism!!" East Asians in reality have a particularly low & patronising opinion of afro-Race black people. See how it is with the relations between Korean shopkeepers & local blacks in such as LA. Mind you,my own encounters with Korean shopkeepers in US left me fuming also. The Chinese just want the resources

goodwill business

What do you expect? Work for free? Most people seems have forgotten what the europeans and US have done to all africans and rest of the world, a history revision is my suggestion to those. Our aggressive greedy west came and conquer everything they see, took all the riches for centuries even human for slave trade what a shame. China come with peace not bombs to rebuild what the west has destroyed and left behind. Stop this chinese bashing. It will only put us more in shame in the future.

Chinese Take-Away!

We lived in South Africa when the war was on in Angloa. We would never travel there because of the horrific torture of what was being done to the Portugese as it was a colony of Portugal. In South Africa many Portugese can tell you about their experience living in Angola. The Chinese would only be there if there is something in it for them. Of course, they would be growing crops, they have a big population to feed in China. Angola was a once prosperous country that is why China is there.

What you paid is what you get for

It's just simple as that, the Chinese could produce or privide products and services at any levels for any demands. If the Angolan gov. wants things done in a jiffy and within low budget then ones would expect the outcomes. And why Chinese wouldn't recruit the locals, well....think about it, why Australia is always short of accountants even though we have thousands of accounting graduates graduating from tafes and unis each year. Experience is the key! It's all about business not charity!

Messy Luanda; Go Back to Where You Came From?

I'm curious with the T&C of this deal. Also when watching last night's program, I wonder why Ms Araujo thinks that Luanda should not be 'one of the most beautiful cities in the world'? While I think that shouldn't be the priority of the Angolan govt at the moment, certainly messy city & urban planning shouldn't happen either. Why the Chinese seems reluctant to pass down their skills to the Angolans? Will this lead the Chinese migrating to Africa as in the long term?