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POST: Showcase: Asian Crossroads in Africa, By EIRINI VOURLOUMIS, Lens, December 11, 2009
Old theme: Asians heading to Africa change the environment there in all sorts of ways.
Right now, the most obvious heavy flow are the Chinese:
As many as 500,000 Chinese have immigrated to Africa, lured by its oil, copper, uranium, wood and other natural resources. Many have thrived, creating large conglomerates. To serve them, other entrepreneurs have opened palatial restaurants. Or karaoke halls. The infusion of a distinctly different culture into African society -- again -- is turning out to be a critical chapter in the continent's post-colonial history.
Here we get a compilation of relevant photos from past NYT stories on the same.