China in Africa: exploitation or opportunity

Al Jazeera English has a rundown of China's role in Africa. Host Riz Khan looks at whether China, the most aggressive investor nation in Africa in recent years, is exploiting or offering real economic growth and opportunity.

Part one

In the intro, Riz Khan says:

" … Critics see many dangers looming, for example complaints that China is dumping low-priced goods in Africa, pillaging the continent's natural resources and ignoring human rights violations and other humanitarian concerns.

"Supporters, however, point out that due to China the overall economy of Sub-Saharan Africa has grown by an average of 6 per cent a year since 2004 … "

Called in to debate the issue are former US ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn, investigative journalist Richard Behar, and John Afele, a former director of the International Program for Africa at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

Part two