Aaron Ross

What are the Chinese up to in Africa?

A review of China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, by Howard French. A revealing and colourful set of first-hand essays that seek to understand the Chinese takeover

China's President Xi Jinping and Zambia's President Michael Sata [Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images]

  • China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa

    Howard French

    Alfred A. Knopf, pp. 320

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