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IMPACT AFRICA

China’s economic growth and presence in Africa is
a two-way thing. Positively, Chinese aid serves as 中国的经济增长和在非洲的存在是双向的。积极地，中国
development for Africa. Yet, when tied-aid is linked 的援助是非洲的发展。然而，当捆绑援助与中国公司联系
to Chinese companies, it becomes questionable 在一
whether China would prioritize Africa’s interests or its
own. This aid serves China’s overall national priority, 起时，中国是否会优先考虑非洲的利益或非洲的利益就变
which by definition is economic growth. Therefore, all 得令人怀疑。这种援助符合中国的整体国家优先事项，顾
名思
aspects of aid decisions should reflect broad economic 义就是经济增长。因此，援助决定的所有方面都应反映广
considerations. The intention of China’s aid to Africa is 泛的经济考虑。中国对非援助的意图是良性的，而不是自
benign but not selfish. China does not seek to use aid 私
to influence the domestic politics of African countries or
dictate policies. 的。中国不寻求利用援助来影响非洲国家的国内政治或制
定政策。
Instead, it truly hopes to help Africa achieve better
development while avoiding meddling with the internal 相反，它真正希望帮助非洲实现更好的发展，同时避免通
affairs of African countries through conditional aid. 过有条件的援助干预非洲国家的内政。但另一方面，中国
But on the other hand, China is not helping Africa in 并没
exchange for nothing. Chinese projects create access to
Africa’s natural resources and local markets, business 有帮助非洲以无价之宝。中国的项目为非洲提供了自然资
源和当地市场的准入机会，为中国公司提供了商机，为中
opportunities for Chinese companies and employment 国
for Chinese laborers. When Chinese officials emphasize
that China also provides aid to countries that are not rich 劳工提供了就业机会。当中国官员强调中国还向自然资源
in natural resources to defuse international criticisms, 不丰富的国家提供援助以化解国际批评时，他们常常忘记
they often forget to mention that China may have its 提及
eyes on other things which these countries can deliver.
中国可能关注这些国家可以提供的其他东西。
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