Is China becoming a superpower in Africa?

This article gives us an excellent insight into the dangerous propaganda being pursued by China, better known as the ‘Sleeping Dragon’. It has been a decades old Chinese policy to pursue its own goals and not give a damn about human rights violations. The world better knows about the way this communist regime treats its own population. And by playing this investment game in Africa, it is trying to oblige the authoritarian rulers in various African countries. Chinese government has two basic motives, exploitation of Africa’s natural resources and a guaranteed market base for its finished products. Chinese companies established in the continent are often accused of labor law violations. There is a predominant Chinese presence in the African oil industry. In the last two decades, China has seen a double digit growth in its economy. It is the fastest growing economy in the world. It is also a member of the UN Security Council. Being a member of the UNSC, it has a moral obligation to coerce the rogue nations in Africa, such as Sudan, to abandon state policy of ethnic cleansing. Sudan has witnessed one of the worst genocide in recent history. In addition to that, the present regime in Sudan has refused the repeated requests for United Nations Peacekeeping Force to be deployed in Darfur. China being the biggest trading partner of Sudan must use its diplomatic clout to persuade the Sudanese govt. to allow the UN Peacekeeping Force into the country. But in order to please the Sudanese Govt., China has vetoed all the Security Council resolutions directed against Sudan. What can be more disappointing than the fact that China is a leading arms supplier to Sudan, which in turn are used for human rights violations and ethnic cleansing of its population. Thus, I would say that China is becoming a superpower in Africa. It is more interested in the colonization of African countries and wants to serve its own vested interests at the expense of human rights violations being done by various autocratic rulers. It is using its position to undermine the pressure for badly needed social and economic reforms.