There's no doubt that the Chinese have become increasingly important economic actors in Africa, and will continue to do so. Also, Chinese investment is more strategic, and more closely linked with political engagement.
However, at the moment,
Chinese DFI in Africa continues to be dwarfed by that of the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan by several orders of magnitude. Indeed, in many years Indian (and even Malaysian) investment in Africa exceeds that of China too.
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