Africa Quote by Robert C. O'Brien

China's rapid inroads into Africa are made possible by a combination of Chinese money and a willingness by Beijing to deal with some of…

— Robert C. O'Brien

China has established friendship with many African countries, and is opening itself up to Africa and providing assistance. It is cooperating with African countries…

— Wen Jiabao

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the…

— George Ayittey

No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China…

— Jimmy Carter

I have long argued that, if China and the United States were interested in pursuing a strategic partnership, Africa is the best place to…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

At the same time, African aims to intensify cooperation with China in the fields of trade, investment and agriculture.

— Olusegun Obasanjo

I am sure that it wouldn’t be in the long-term interests of China which would continue to depend on these African resources for a…

— Thabo Mbeki

Nowhere outside of Southeast Asia is China's rise as a global power more visible than in Africa.

— Robert C. O'Brien

The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's office or…

— Lee Hsien Loong

To be sure, China is nowhere as powerful as the U.S., but it has acquired the ability to impose its will on individual nations…

— Sanjaya Baru

All economically well-off nations have used what has been dubbed 'cheque-book diplomacy,' and China does so, too. Apart from funding government-to-government lending, China has…

— Sanjaya Baru

China surely must be interested in a more stable, non-antagonistic relationship with the African continent precisely because of its own needs. And therefore would…

— Thabo Mbeki