China's Second Continent by Howard W French

China's Second Continent by Howard W French

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Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning investigative journalist and former New York Times bureau chief in Africa and China, in the definitive account of this seismic geopolitical development. China's burgeoning presence in Africa is already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. From Liberia to Senegal to Mozambique, in creaky trucks and by back roads, French introduces us to the characters who make up China's dogged emigrant population- entrepreneurs singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, and less-lucky migrants barely scraping by but still convinced of Africa's opportunities. French's acute observations offer illuminating insight into the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations- Why China is making these cultural and economic incursions into the continent; what Africa's role is in this equation; and what the ramifications for both parties and their people-and the watching world-will be in the foreseeable future.


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Howard W. Smith is a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee. French is a Columbia University journalism professor and a former bureau chief for the New York Times in the Caribbean and Central America, West and Central Africa, Tokyo, and Shanghai. French lives in New York City and is the author of five books. Visit howardwfrench.com for additional information.

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ISBN 13	9780307946652
ISBN 10	0307946657
Title	China's Second Continent
Author	Howard W French
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2015-02-03
Number of pages	304
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