
China's Second Continent
How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
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Narrado por:
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Don Hagen
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Howard W. French
An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping - and reshaping - the future of millions of people. A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting - conducted in Mandarin, French, and Portuguese, among other languages - French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth as he engages not only with policy-shaping moguls and diplomats, but also with the ordinary men and women navigating the street-level realities of cooperation, prejudice, corruption, and opportunity forged by this seismic geopolitical development. With incisiveness and empathy, French reveals the human face of China’s economic, political, and human presence across the African continent - and in doing so reveals what is at stake for everyone involved. Part intrepid travelogue, part cultural census, part industrial and political exposé, French’s keenly observed account ultimately offers a fresh perspective on the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations: Why China is making the incursions it is, just how extensive its cultural and economic inroads are, what Africa’s role in the equation is, and just what the ramifications for both parties - and the watching world - will be in the foreseeable future.
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If you could sum up China's Second Continent in three words, what would they be?
Anyone African or American wishing to prepare for the new world order will want to read this. Very well done. Great narration. As devastating as it is inspiring. Should also be read by students of history and those fascinated by Achebe's Things Fall Apart.IMPORTANT READING
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Excellent book, very Informative
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About Africa today
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Very elucidating with a unexpected glimmer of hope
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Although the Chinese seem to have a clear upper hand right now, I wonder if various African governments will develop resentments and simply throw them ou5. It has happened before.
Fascinating perspective on Chinese influence in Africs
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Outstanding
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China and Africa together
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narratorWould you be willing to try another one of Don Hagen’s performances?
Not a chance. He mispronounces almost every word of Mandarin in a book about China and a remarkable number of basic English words too. He reads without emotion or understanding and should be in a different line of work if he thinks he did an acceptable job here.Excellent content read by an incompetent
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If you could sum up China's Second Continent in three words, what would they be?
Insightful, educational, enjoyableWhat was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The author's ability to speak Chinese and have the people he visited tell their storyInteresting story by a great story teller
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What did you love best about China's Second Continent?
What caught me off guard from the beginning and kept me curious till the end was the way the author went straight to the people he was writing about, and he did so at a very personal level. Sitting with them (both africans and chinese living in Africa), interviewing them, travelling with them, eating with them, observing them, relating with chinese culture and places which he happens to know very well, not to mention the languages that he speaks, English French, Chinese, and who knows what else. I mean, Howard French is good.We africans like to complain about non-africans writing books about Africa, but Howard French has immersed himself in our politics and culture well enough to teach us a whole lot about ourselves.Which scene was your favorite?
Rather than one single scene, I was particularly moved ( and "moved" is probably not the right word here) by the fact that every single chinese that the author spoke with agreed on one general fact: "Africans are lazy and/or dishonest beyond normal ". This is not easy to digest, and every young african need to hear it.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
"This is what our helpers think about us."He knows Both Africa and China
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