This book demonstrates how the growing economic power of China and India is already influencing the growth patterns of African countries, particularly oil- and commodities-exporting ones. As world prices for commodities rise, producer countries in Africa and throughout the world will gain, but...

Introduction -- Nixon and Kissinger -- China reforms from 1978 to 1990 -- China from 1990 forward -- China's currency manipulation -- US foreign direct investment (FDI) -- European foreign direct investment -- China foreign direct investment in the United States -- China foreign direct...