ARTICLE: China pledges $10 billion in low-cost loans to Africa, By Barney Jopson and Jamil Anderlini, Washington Post, November 9, 2009

China better get used to defending its "selfless" engagement in Africa:

Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.

No, China's engagement in Africa need not be zero-sum, but, left to their own devices, you know it would be.