What are China�s military intensions on Africa :: Mmegi Online

It has become very clear that China is an emerging superpower and the country is inching forward to this status by the day. In view of the just-ended Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), we need to sift carefully on what are China’s military intensions on the African continent because superpowers always come with their guns blazing.

The one frequently asked question on this relationship is whether China is advancing herself on Africa as yet another colonial power in disguise. The Chinese have often answered this question with much veracity and denying such allegations.

History is always the best judge in all circumstances of life and one thing about this study of the past is that it consistently doesn’t lie. We may alter and fashion it to suit our version of events, but truth is truth and does not occur from a laboratory or an assembly line.

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