China Is Africa's New Colonial Overlord, Says Famed Primate Researcher Jane Goodall

China Is Africa's New Colonial Overlord, Says Famed Primate Researcher Jane Goodall

By Kathleen Caulderwood

on February 18 2014 10:57 AM

http://www.ibtimes.com/china-africas-new-colonial-overlord-says-famed-primate-researcher-jane-goodall-1556312

China has spent nearly $100 billion in African projects over the last decade – and Jane Goodall is not impressed.

In an interview with Agence France-Press published on Monday, the longtime animal rights activist who has spent most of her life on the continent, compared Chinese investment with old-school British colonialism. 

“In Africa, China is merely doing what the colonialists did. They want raw materials for their economic growth, just as the colonialists were going into Africa and taking the natural resources, leaving people poorer,” she told AFP in an interview in Johannesburg.

Between 2000 and 2011 China spent more than $73 billion investing in natural resources, mines, oil wells and other projects in Africa, according to statistics from Aid Data and the Center for Global Development, complied by AFP in the map shown below.

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James R. Sasser was a U.S. ambassador for China, is a director at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, a co-chairman for the United States-China Policy Foundation, and a member of Kappa Sigma.

Note: Robert Redford is a member of Kappa Sigma, a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.

Robert Redford is an honorary board member for Green Cross International.

http://www.greencrossinternational.net/board/robert-redford

Global Green USA is a US affiliate for Green Cross International.

Mikhail Gorbachev is the founder of Green Cross International, and was the general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the president for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Jane Goodall is a council of advisors member for Global Green USA, and a United Nations messenger of peace.

Leonardo DiCaprio is a board member for Global Green USA, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sundance Institute, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Patricia E. Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute, a board member for Global Green USA, and was the executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

Ted Turner is the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a member of Kappa Sigma, an honorary board member for Green Cross International, and the founder of CNN.

Ted Turner is an honorary board member for Green Cross International

http://www.greencrossinternational.net/board/ted-turner

Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for CNN, and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Center for Global Development.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Center for Global Development.

Toni Verstandig is the chair of Middle East programs for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Center for Global Development.

Thomas R. Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations, and is an advisory council member for the US-China Education Trust.

Mark Malloch-Brown was the deputy secretary-general for the United Nations, and is a director at the Center for Global Development.

Yo-Yo Ma is a messenger of peace for the United Nations, and is an artist in residence for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

J. Stapleton Roy was the vice chairman for the Kissinger Associates, Inc., the U.S. ambassador for China, is a director at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, and an executive board member for the United States-China Policy Foundation.

James R. Sasser was the U.S. ambassador for China, is a director at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, a co-chairman for the United States-China Policy Foundation, and a member of Kappa Sigma.

Robert Redford is a member of Kappa Sigma, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.

Ted Turner is a member of Kappa Sigma, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.