Africa's Silk Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier by Harry G. Broadman »
A summary of the research, plus a freely-available PDF download of the book, not available on Amazon until January 2007.
Implications of increased trade between China and African countries »
The World Bank pressed for conditions for loans (e.g. not funneling them into war chests), while Chinese business is unconditional.
Long article about the French politics of banning the 'veil' in public schools »
Integrating the Northern African immigrants has challenged not just France but much of Western Europe.
