The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa
by Deborah Brautigam
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Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the poorest countries in the world sparked fierce debates. These debates, however, took placewith very show more few hard facts. China's tradition of secrecy about its aid fueled rumors and speculation, making it diffic show lessTags
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Deborah Brautigam is professor of International development at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC.
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