China/Africa & the 21st Century

By Prizgar Gonzales

The 21st Century's China/Africa economic train has left the station. Few Europeans and Americans are consciously privileged to watch it go by much less get on board. This action packed economic affair is happening under the radar as the West, mostly stuck in delusional indifference, slumbers in ignorance. By reading China-Africa and the 21st Century your seat is reserved.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Prizgar Gonzales
• Release date: Feb 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311271525

Prizgar Gonzales

Trinidad and Tobago born, Prizgar Gonzales is a journalist, author, world politics analyst and publisher.

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CHINA/AFRICA

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The 21st CENTURY

Prizgar Gonzales

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About the author …

Trinidad and Tobago born, Prizgar Gonzales, is a historian, author, journalist, publisher and speaker.

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INTRODUCTION

As the 21st Century gains traction, Africa’s future is firmly rooted with China as a business partner. These two vast lands, with a population of over two billion, are revving up for a glorious economic climax. A primal scream so robust, so significant, every soul in the four corners of the earth will be dramatically touched.

The guiding essence that is the heartbeat of 21st Century China/Africa is the restoration of their historical dignity. Both have suffered. They have been ridiculed, raped, and humiliated by brutal foreign occupiers. China’s win-win philosophy towards Africa is aimed to correct that historical wrong. The Chinese are intensely aware that a few decades ago they were in the same economic hellhole as today’s Africa. They also know that whereas China is one country Africa has fifty-six independent nations. China’s sage-like reverence towards Africa is to focus on business and development and let Africans evolve at their own pace.

Constant lecturing by Western governments, institutions, and talking heads, laced with condescending arrogance, has no currency in twenty-first century Africa. China’s non-interference policy, refraining from imposing human rights pressure and letting African nations naturally evolve has left the West with the challenge to view their own reflection. This straightforward approach that China is bringing to Africa’s development is a welcome breath of fresh air. African nations are now on an immediate achievement track, liberated from decades of agonizing stagnation.

In African eyes, China is the prized destination in the twenty-first century. In the streets of Africa there are echoing whispers that the West’s monetary reservoir is depleting and one must look to the East for prosperity.

Africa’s vision for a better future is no longer rooted in Europe or the United States. Day in, day out, airplanes filled with Africans of all persuasions touch down in China. Eager and inquisitive eyes take in and analyze their new mystical world in search of their pot of gold.

Africans, everyday, are getting on-board China’s economic juggernaut. They are witnessing and admiring China’s laser-like focus on business and their determined efforts to be the twenty-first century economic powerhouse.

The people of Africa are hungry and yearning for a better quality of life. The modern African spirit mirrors the same release of pent up energy loosed by over one billion Chinese after China’s long period of disorder and disruption. Armed with a serene and peaceful calm, the Chinese people inwardly acknowledged that their yolk had been lifted.

Trade between China and Africa could surmount to a staggering 2.5 trillion dollars by 2030. A remarkable story about two billion plus inhabitants of two massive lands slicing and dicing their way to economic superiority.

With Africa ascending they have the opportunity to embrace the scale of their global position; in terms of landmass all of Europe, America, India and China, with room for others, can fit into the throne room of Africa.

FORWARD

Prizgar Gonzales is a writer with the belief that entrepreneurial pursuits can result in individual and collective economic empowerment. China, at the opening of the twenty-first Century, emerged undisputed, exemplifying that belief. Prizgar traveled to China, witnessed and experienced what is now a global economic phenomenon, and penned his first book, ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Doing Business with China.’

The life-changing influence of China’s productive energy is rapidly manifesting and is certainly not lost on the continent of Africa. The two cultures share a cultural and economic exchange that has endured in one form or another for over 500 years. On a subsequent trip to China, Prizgar visited one of the bustling Chocolate Cities located in Guangzhou, China. African merchants find their Chinese hosts brimming with ample supplies of merchandise for African consumers living in cities and villages back home.

Thanks to China, the infrastructural and architectural status of Africa, post-colonialism, requires reassessment. Africa is at a crossroads. With the former colonizers now having to tend to their own internal twenty-first century challenges, Africans have the opportunity to become good stewards of their immense wealth of resources. Motives, intentions and values will determine the outcome. Prizgar relays in his new book, ‘China, Africa & the 21st Century’, the fascinating ancient history and rekindled connection of these two cultures and how their shared interests are reshaping the world of trade.

This is truly an informative and entertaining journey. Enjoy!

VeeLa Gonzales

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My wife VeeLa’s belief in me as a writer is my guiding grace. She is present every step of the way, inspiring and expressing magnanimous patience, as my enduring friend, heartbeat, and editor. It is hard to imagine my career as a writer without her respect for the art of prose and an author’s isolation.

My heartfelt appreciation and thanks to the creative genius of the fiverr.com crew for their professional input. Around86 artistry produced my cover, plus formatting. I am thrilled that Bchorpenning, my contributing editor, a smooth bona-fide professional, is a part of the team.

A special Irie Love to my favorite 21st Century painter, Trevor St. George. He embraces my home and my office. St. George is a street painter. He holds court on Petra Street, Woodbrook, in the city of Port of Spain, the capital of the twin island republic, Trinidad &