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Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

To satisfy country's thirst for oil, emigrants strike it rich out west

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 17, 2007 3:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – A growing number of poor Chinese are flocking to Africa, hoping to cash in on the destitute continent’s infinite growth potential. China is building factories in eastern Africa, and trade between the two burgeoning economies ballooned to $55 billion last year. The eastern entrepreneurs...   Read full story »

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