from asia times online......
"The Chinese are able to implement projects overnight that the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister Mele Zenawi has been unable to do 20 years after the fall of the Marxist junta he dedicated his life to defeating.
As China scours the continent for resources virtually unchallenged, this "gift" to the people of Africa will certainly come with strings attached. In a recent meeting with a high-ranking CSCEC official, Erastus Mwencha, a seasoned Kenyan diplomat who holds the deputy chair of the African Union Commission that oversees the project, hailed it in a recent press statement as a "permanent signature on African soil".
When Asia Times Online visited the present AU headquarters hugging hilly Roosevelt Street, a representative of its Conflict Management Division lamented the depth of Chinese involvement both in Ethiopia and across the entire region. Africa's sudden anti-democratic partner is engaged in a slew of road rehabilitation and construction endeavors in many parts of the country"...........LINK
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