Bilateral ties with China, one of the world’s leading economies, have seen African countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Sudan among others prosper in terms of infrastructure development.
One of the reasons why many African and other developing countries are increasingly opting to do business with China is because China tends to treat other nations as partners in the global village.
The Chinese have their own interests that they are actively pursuing but they have not let this result in them getting obnoxious when dealing with other countries, said Chari.
There is a lot of friendliness, respect and mutual understanding for development.
China is a country that pursues its own national and economic interests without interfering in domestic affairs of other countries, unlike Western countries particularly the United States which seeks to impose its own order on the world and acts like a big brother.
The commentator said, the United States, through institutions such as the World Bank, forces developing countries to adopt policies that further Washington’s foreign policy and it is for this reason that the Third World prefers doing business with China.
According to historical records, the Chinese came to the African coast before the Europeans could navigate outside their waters. They never thought of conquering or colonizing the continent and the people they met, but were more interested in cultivating mutually beneficial ties.
It is this same approach to the rest of the world that China has today and from which they are benefiting.
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