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CDT Bookshelf: Howard French on China in Africa

The story of China in Africa is not just one of lumbering and faceless state-owned enterprises mechanically dispensing stadiums according to blueprints wired from Beijing. Continue reading

China’s Second Continent

 

nJonathan Sullivan 14 Aug 2014
Written by Jonathan Sullivan.

Howard French (2014) China’s Second Continent. New York: Knopf.

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Howard W. French discusses his new book about the massive Chinese migration to Africa

 

5135p4qviolHoward W. French, a professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, has spent years reporting about the massive migration of Chinese people to Africa. Alfred A. Knopf has just published the results of his work: China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in China. French, who has served as the bureau chief in Japan, China, West and Central Africa, and the Caribbean for The New York Times, spoke with Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute about his new book.

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