'China's Growing Role in Africa - Implications for U.S. Policy'

do you see where this is going?............from all africa....

"Current Dimensions of Chinese Engagement in Africa While China is not new to Africa, the magnitude of its engagement with the continent has grown exponentially since the mid-1990s. This period has coincided with enormous industrial growth in China, the need to import increasing quantities of raw materials to support China's manufacturing sector, and China's ability to export significantly more competitively priced products to Africa. China's interest in access to raw materials reinforced its long-standing policy of developing strong political relations with as many countries as possible in Africa.

China has diplomatic relations with fifty of the fifty-four African countries. Four-Burkina Faso, Swaziland, Gambia, and São Tomé and Principe-recognize Taipei. Beijing has an embassy in all but one of the fifty countries. The exception is Somalia where the security situation in Mogadishu precludes a physical presence. All fifty African countries that recognize China except the Comoro Islands and recently independent South Sudan have embassies in Beijing. Although the United States has diplomatic relations with all fifty-four African countries, it too has embassies in only fifty. It closed embassies in the Seychelles and Comoro Islands to save money and never opened in São Tomé and Principe.

Like China, it is not in Somalia for security reasons. China has more consulates in Africa than does the United States"............READ MORE