Criticism On The Theory Of Equating China’s Investment In Africa With Neo-colonialism

The friendship between China and Africa has a long history. Since the establishment of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in 2000, the economic and trade development between China and Africa has entered a new historical stage. The further deepening of cooperation between China and Africa has aroused widespread concern in western countries, and many western countries have characterized China as a neo-colonialism in many of aspects.Western countries believe Chinese neo-colonialism tendency in investment behavior, mainly based on the following two aspects: On the one hand, Chinese investment in Africa is in plundering Africa’s resources; On the other hand, the use of cheap goods Chinese advantage to seize the market in Africa. This paper selects China’s investment in Africa as the breakthrough point of the study, and through specific data analysis, aims to explore the real purpose of China’s investment behavior in Africa. About whether China investment in Africa has neo-colonial characteristics,this paper use investment in Africa by Western media and scholars of Africa, local media reported, western scholars in Africa local investigation, China enterprise case from the point of view, put forward the neo-colonialism of western countries to refute the argument. It concludes that China does not have the characteristics of neo-colonialism in investment, and the western countries lack the factual basis. But Chinese investment in Africa is indeed there are many problems for the accused is not pointless, we should be rational reflection, both make efforts from the government,investors Chinese level or enterprise level needs to improve China in investment behavior and China in Africa’s national image.