Is China and China business really all over Africa? If so, just how much? Discuss.

Finally, there’s a site that covers the above inquiry. See by American University’s Deborah Brautigam the blog China in Africa: The Real Story. Start out with this one, “China’s ‘Checkbook Diplomacy’ and Overseas Investment Reconsidered“.

Workers at Imboulou Dam, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a power plant funded by the China National Mechanical & Equipment Corporation. Photo: Paulo Woods.