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Murtra | Oct 14, 2020 |
A Rambling Introduction

"China Safari" is one of the first books to look at the influence China is having on the great continent of Africa. In the book, two authors travel separately and different times to various countries and "discover" Chinese influence. The book appears to be a collection of individual articles, so there is very little cohesion.

There are very few hard numbers or statistics offered in this book, not even in speculation. Because of this, it is very hard for the reader to get a clear picture on what is happening besides a few minor case studies that the authors stumble upon. There are a a few mentions of cases in which state companies bid on national projects. In these mentions, the authors describe how Chinese managers treat local employees rather poorly.

One important take away from this book is the notion that China is one of the only developed countries offering to help build physical infrastructure in Africa. Through their state companies, China is, at the very least, building roads, damns, and other projects throughout the continent on a quid-pro-quo basis, usually receiving concessions for natural resources in the exchange. As is discovered in other books (mentioned below), the quality of the Chinese projects is questionable, but they are at least engaging Africa on local terms.

Of the three books I have read on this subject (the other two being "China's Second Continent " and "The Dragon's Gift"), this is perhaps the most laborious. Since its publication five years after "China Safari," "China's Second Continent" has eclipsed "China Safari" in terms of interest and readability.
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mvblair | 2 outras críticas | Aug 9, 2020 |
Interesting book, as also if you disagree with the authors, it is overall quite balanced, and with more "on the ground" information than you can find from other sources theoretically discussing the same subject.

my personal review and commentary: 非洲 Africa http://wodeshudian.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/feizhou-africa/ #wodeshudian
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aleph123 | 2 outras críticas | Oct 20, 2014 |
C’est un livre écrit en collaboration avec le photographe Paolo Woods (le titre est la traduction d'une phrase en persan qui est prononcée en signe de bienvenue).
L’auteur a interviewé des Iraniens et les a fait parler de leur vie quotidienne. Les gens qui parlent sont de toutes les opinions politiques, il y a des femmes, des hommes, des couples, des fratries. Très intéressant pour apprendre autre chose de l’Iran que ce que les médias nous en montrent habituellement.
 
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Louve_de_mer | Dec 26, 2010 |

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