Western media are spreading lies against China's presence in Africa

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu with Avic international project engineering company Vice President Xu Fei during the Africa Tech Challenge season VII awards the winners will study in China. [File, Standard]

Mutual benefits and respect distinguish Western colonialists and profiteers from China's presence in Africa. There has been fear that Africa is in danger of being colonised again by the West in the post-Cold War period, and many African countries suspect their former exploiters are coming back for oil and minerals in countries like Sudan, DR Congo and Nigeria.

This reminds us of a word very popular in the Western media - neocolonialism; used in connection with China. Why is Western media so anxious to tag China as neocolonialist in Africa? When accusing China of being neocolonialist, Westerners usually say that China is "plundering Africa's resources" and "dumping goods in Africa"; that Chinese enterprises evade social responsibility in Africa. However, this wild assertion is not only misleading, but wrong.