Graham Cooke says the following:

"The Chinese expansion into Africa is having mixed results, and is certainly not the love-fest that some correspondents would have us believe. There are numerous incidents of exploitation and outright racism towards local workers, while some of the infrastructure projects involve the building of palaces and gardens for the dictators and semi-dictators of states who welcome China's relaxed attitude towards human rights abuses."

He accuses the Chinese of exploitation, outright racism, building of palaces for dictators, etc, etc.

The U.S. has been engaged in exploitation, outright racism, supporting dictators, torture, rendition, massacres, wholesale destruction, sanctions which starve kids to death, use of depleted uranium and Agent Orange, false flag operations, stealing of resources following invasion and occupation, war crimes, lying, gross hypocrisy, rampant imperialism, etc.

Which planet have you been living on for the last sixty years, Grahame?

Yes DavidG I can hear the war mongerers all lining up to demonise China.Do you all know why now China is being demonised?

Well remember the GFC back in 2008,with the Western world owing $ trillions to China.China was expected to roll over and allow the Western Banking system take over.When they refused and wanted to maintain their financial soverignity the Western Oligarchs started to demonise them.They wanted to enslave China in debt just like we are.

Now the West is reducing this debt by "Quantative Easing" which is just another name for money printing that is depreciating our labour and our purchasing power.Our house prices are now falling due to the policies of our Govts of limiting land supply,taxes which over inflated them etc and the banks in past loaning too much too easily.

Even with low rates people don't have much confidence in our economy.

David G and Arjay, perhaps you have better ideas about what the West should do, and/or what will be the consequences of alternative strategies.

Oh dear David G, did I mention the United States once? My comments were concerned only about China's involvement in Africa, not about the US's faults worldwide, real or imagined, going back over the past 50 years.
Lesson one in journalism: Stick to the point.
Lesson two: Spell names correctly. My name is Graham.

What's the alternative John?
Another dozen or so mass murdering Idi Amins?
Or the genocide of Rwanda, made endless or daily routine?
Personally I think we in the west, intercede far too little, and ought to have been in there boots and all, when evil tyrant Mugabbee, started murdering all and sundry in Zimbabwe, just so he could hold onto illegally obtained power; creating mass misery and the world's worst economy into the bargain!
I believe any "reporter" ought to report the news, warts and all, rather than spin the hell out of it? Like we might have expected of the likes of power stealing Lenin or mass murdering Stalin?
Rhrosty.

Dear Graham, you mentioned in your one-sided anti-China comment that China is involved with Africa but you didn't mention the saturation involvement of the U.S. in Africa via AFRICOM.

If you claim to be a journalist then keep in mind the word 'balance'.

P.S. And I really don't think most Australians care whether you spell your first name with or without an 'e'!