China's Second Continent

How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa

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Release Date: 02/03/2015
Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC
Classification: Nonfiction
Classification: Nonfiction
Series: N/A
Language: English
Format: Unabridged edition
Genre: Educational, Science & Technology
Author: Howard French
Read by: Don Hagen
Duration: 632 minutes
Run Time: 632 minutes
Language: English
Language: English
9 Audio CD(s) - 9781520019628
2 Audio MP3 CD(s) - 9781520019635

China's Second Continent

How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa

By Howard French

Genre: Educational, Science & Technology

Audio CD

04/26/2016

9 Audio CD

632 minutes

9781520019628

Audio MP3 CD

04/26/2016

2 Audio MP3 CD

632 minutes

9781520019635

Description:

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.

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“China’s trade with Africa has grown dramatically…But China’s investments…are less significant for this rapidly evolving relationship, according to this 15-country survey by veteran African correspondent French, than the significant flow of new Chinese immigrants—often pushed out by the pressure and oppression back home as much as lured by opportunity. In vivid first-person reportage, French explores this momentous phenomenon, while challenging assumptions about China and Chinese immigrants…The book will appeal to students of China and Africa, and anyone interested in the shifting contours of the global economy and its geopolitical consequences.”, Publishers Weekly

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