Posted by Carol at February 3rd, 2007

No longer is it sufficient to stock the shelves with slow-burning G. W. Bush mannequins alone - Chinese President Hu Jintao is proving himself able as  an internationally disliked political figure:

“President Hu cancelled one of the showpieces of his African tour yesterday after warnings of anti-Chinese protests.

Still…China’s economic needs — which have already helped its trade with Africa to increase fourfold in a decade to about $55 billion (£29 billion) — are set to triumph over any diplomatic niceties.”

Proof positive that neocolonialism needn’t require a North-South connection?