For as it does, China is using its colossal financial firepower to expand its strategic position on the continent, without linking aid and investment to pesky demands for good governance. China’s drive to retain a significant say in the pricing of iron and bauxite, of which Guinea is the world’s major producer, means that it can always receive a warm welcome from officials tired of being lectured to by Westerners.
西方坚持公平治政的标准本身并没有错，但当它把援助自动与选举挂钩的时候就可能慢慢丧失对非洲局势的影响。因为中国正在利用其巨大的金融资源巩固其在非洲大陆的战略地位，他们并没有把援助和投资事务与麻烦的善政要求挂钩。中国保留对铁矿和铝土矿定价权的做法注定会受到非洲官员的热烈欢迎，几内亚是上述资源的主要产地，而几内亚国内官员早已厌倦了西方人没完没了的说教。