Re: [A-List] More on China-Africa

["Patrick Bond" <pbond@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Is there any wonder why US neo-imperialists and their lackeys are
>    sending out disinformation about China, given Chinese challenge to
>    US dominance in Africa?

Are we reduced, now, to crude promotion of inter-imperialism dressed up as 
anti-imperialism? Sorry Henry, those clothes you've just put on don't fit, 
once you look closely:

>    China’s growing trade with Africa indicative of Sino-Western energy
>    conflicts
> ...
> China has become more forthright in its arms sales in line with its
> growing economic influence. It sold an estimated $1 billion worth of arms
> to Ethiopia and Eritrea during their border conflict between 1998 and
> 2000, comparable to the US selling arms to both sides during the Iran-Iraq
> war.