Sunday, November 2, 2014

Chinese Corporations in Africa: Saints or Sinners?

ERIC OLANDER, COBUS VAN STADEN, OJUMI OKUMU   

CHINA FILE - 10.20.14

“The African way of life is under attack by Chinese corporations,” argues University of Technology, Sydney doctoral candidate Onjumi Okumu. The Kenya native contends that a combination of weak governance in African mixed with no legal restraints on Chinese corporate behavior encourage PRC companies to behave illegally and destructively in Africa, destroying the continent’s fragile social capital. Okumu focuses, in particular, on the effects Chinese investments are having on the people of Kenya. It’s a provocative, controversial, and fascinating thesis.

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