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At first glance, it is hard to find something in common between the Tonkolili and Palabora mining projects in western and southern Africa.
Chinese businesses have been more proactive than others in utilizing the investment opportunities in Africa, says Abel Myburgh, associate director of the Africa Desk at global accountancy firm BDO.
Tony Bannan still remembers the sinking feeling he had three years ago, when he learnt that his machine tool business was being taken over by a Chinese company.
Africa has found favor with China, and China has become one of the largest investors in Africa, having concluded more transactions than any other country other than Britain and France.
New wave of mid-sized private Chinese companies in Europe shows the way
African nations must study China's experience before pressing on, experts say.
Martyn Davies (pictured left), chief executive officer of Frontier Advisory, a leading research and strategy-consulting firm, based in Cape Town
When Justin Yifu Lin speaks, people tend to listen.
Despite China's increasing tolerance for slower economic growth and determination to improve the quality of its economic growth in the coming decade, many still feel that China should maintain a GDP growth of no lower than 7 percent to facilitate future reforms.
No single growth model can be successful forever, and for China the time of reckoning has come