According to a BBC program I caught a few minutes of, there are about 3/4 million Chinese in Africa. Not sure where the majority of them are, but there are quite a few in Liberia, working on various construction projects, and operating some Chinese and Korean/Japanese restaurants (the "Japanese Steak House" is actually Korean food, run by Chinese people!). In fact, the Chinese are so prevalent here people automatically yell, "Chinese woman", when I walk by. I'm not sure what prize they expect in response, but it's one of the few places where I don't get "Japan?" or "Konichiwa" first. And surprises of surprises even some Caucasians get called Chinese here! That's how prevalent they are.
There's quite a bit of Chinese investment, and a few of the public works projects have been done by Chinese companies. And there's Chinese radio, where they play country music on Sundays and give Chinese lessons!
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