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Speaking ill - Clinton's main purpose of African visit?


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Clinton warns against "new colonialism" in Africa


Africa must beware of "new colonialism" as China expands ties there and focus instead on partners able to help build productive capacity on the continent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Clinton, asked in a television interview in Zambia on Saturday about China's rising influence on the continent, said Africans should be wary of friends who only deal with elites.

"We don't want to see a new colonialism in Africa," Clinton said in a television interview in Lusaka, the first stop on a five-day Africa tour.

"When people come to Africa to make investments, we want them to do well but also want them to do good," she said. "We don't want them to undermine good governance in Africa."

China pumped almost $10 billion in investment into Africa in 2009 and trade has taken off as Beijing buys oil and other raw materials to fuel its booming economy.

Clinton, appearing on the "Africa 360" program, called for long term "sustainable" investment that would benefit Africa.

"We saw that during colonial times it is easy to come in, take out natural resources, pay off leaders and leave," she said.

Clinton pointed to U.S. efforts to improve political and economic governance in countries like Zambia as an example of a different approach.

"The United States is investing in the people of Zambia, not just the elites, and we are investing for the long run."

African states, she said, could learn much from Asia on how governments can help support economic growth but said she did not see Beijing as a political role model.

"We are beginning to see a lot of problems" in China that will intensify over the next 10 years, she said, pointing to friction over Chinese efforts to control the Internet as one example. "There are more lessons to learn from the United States and democracies," Clinton said.

Her trip, which also takes her to Tanzania and Ethiopia, is meant to highlight the Obama administration's drive to help African countries meet challenges ranging from HIV/AIDS to food security and speed up often impressive economic growth.





Clinton, on Zambia Trade Trip, Bops Along With Entrepreneurs


Hillary Clinton switched her attention from Libya to improving trade with sub-Saharan Africa as she bopped to music by Zambian businesswomen during the first visit by a U.S. secretary of state to the former British colony in more than three decades.

“We cannot ignore the signs that we have not made the most of AGOA,” Clinton said. “African countries export only a handful of the 6,500 products that are eligible for duty-free shipping. The most common is still a barrel of oil.”

Acknowledging that China, the world’s biggest energy user, has extended its influence across Africa, Clinton said she recognized that while its size accounted for its presence in the continent, she had reservations about its reach.

The last time a U.S. secretary of state was in Zambia was in 1976, when Henry Kissinger came to outline U.S. policy in southern Africa, calling the colonial era a “thing of the past” and announcing U.S. intentions to “triple our support for development programs.”

Still, China’s involvement in the region predates that speech by more than a decade.

“Our country has been with a close relationship with China as early as before our independence” in 1964, Banda told reporters. “We work closely with the Chinese, as with any other country that supported our desire to be independent.”





US 'concerned' about China business practices in Africa



US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged African countries to lift trade barriers with the United States here Friday and voiced concern about China's aid and investment practices in Africa.

The first US chief diplomat to visit Zambia since 1976, Clinton attended annual talks over a US preferential trade deal at a time when China has overtaken the United States as Africa's top trading partner.

"China's presence in Africa reflects the reality that it has important and growing interests here on the continent," Clinton said during a press conference with Zambian President Rupiah Banda.

"Generally speaking, I think the Chinese have been more aggressive in terms of trade into the region," said Mupelwa Sichilima , of Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, a South African think-tank.

But Sichilima said that in practice, other restrictions hinder African trade with both the United States and China -- mainly practical considerations like safety standards for food products.

"China is just an alternative market that has come on board, but it doesn't mean it will swallow everything from Africa."

China-African trade soared more than 40 per cent last year to $126.9 billion.

Hillary's visit to Africa shows clearly the US interest on African economic growth. According to IMF's prediction, the growth rate of African economy can exceed the global average level in several years future.  (Reuters/Bloomberg/The Times of India)




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