The battle for Africa Part 1: China's Influence l People and Power

People and Power investigates the effects of China's increasing influence in Africa.

Over the past decade, China's hunger for Africa's rich natural resources has seen it overtake Europe and America as the continent's largest trading partner.

The West - for so long the dominant external force in Africa's affairs - has reacted to this rush of investment with more than a fair degree of unease.

Commentators in Washington, London, Paris and elsewhere are anxious that the West's economic and political influence in Africa is waning and that 'unless something is done' this "Battle for Africa" will have damaging strategic consequences down the line.

What does this changing dynamic mean for Africans themselves?

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