Germany, China Partner On Dev Projects In Africa

Germany and China are to join forces on development projects in Africa, taking joint responsibility, Development Aid Minister Gerd Mueller said last Thursday.
Mueller said, while China was the largest investor in infrastructure on the African continent, training and jobs for Africans had to be assured.
He said: “German expertise in occupational training and environmental and energy technology could help to promote economic development on the continent”.
Apart from projects in Africa, he said, the two countries also aimed, through the German-Chinese Centre for Sustainable Development in Beijing. to pursue an exchange on themes like climate change and the reduction of emissions.
“Free markets and profit maximisation were not the only aims for Germany and China,’’ Mueller said, but also shaping globalisation in a sustainable way.
In exchange for market access and raw materials, China is offering an increasing number of African states urgently needed loans and infrastructure.
When doing so, China does not question the human rights record of the African nation, unlike Western countries.