China Man

The China man is all over Africa. Wait, let me try that again. The China man is all over the world. He is slowly creeping his way into world superpower or dare I say domination? Mark my words, in my lifetime or in my children's lifetime, we will likely see East Asian nations (China, Japan, South Korea) emerging as the most powerful nations in the world. I mean seriously, America is already BILLIONS of dollars in debt to China. Shouldn't that be a red flag? Well today my focus is not the China man in America cause we can look at our clothes, household items, and damn near everything we use and find his domination there. Today, my focus is the China Man in Africa. Kenya and Ghana to be precise. Many African nations depend on foreign aid, especially those that are in the beginning stages of "developing nation". In order to receive that aid, that is largely from the U.S. and other Western nations, they must adhere to some of the desires of these European countries. For example, today I was reading in the paper that Kenya is unable to sign a human rights document because it is in violation in a few areas. They must met this requirement to continue to receive aid from/ do business with the U.S. Well China is not like that at all. They don't care about human rights violations and corruption. They want business. They are doing all the business all over Africa. They building the roads, the buildings, all the cars are Asian, etc...The China man is literally building just about every African nation. Kenya currently has a plan to increase the quality of life for all Kenyans by 2030. They are first starting with improving the roads. There are road building projects all over the country. It looks great! It feels nice to ride down a smooth road without fearing the upcoming pothole. The problem with all this quick development is that it is causing the cost of living to increase. The food, gas, market prices are all on the rise. However there is not an increase in employment opportunities or wages. So far this 2030 plan will result in further isolation of the poor. All of this development is financially beneficial to other countries. 50% of the people building the roads, especially those in the high paying/skilled-labor positions, are imported from China. There are a lot of Indian and Europeans here taking advantage of the developing economy, especially in the technology sector....many Kenyan's don't even have the skills to do the work. All this growth is not benefiting the locals as much as I think it should. Since I have arrived in Kenya there have already been 2 major strikes. The first was when the doctors went on strike, yes the doctors went on strike?! for about a week and a half due to under-payment. The nurses struggled to keep the patients alive until the government finally promised the doctors an increase in wages in the coming year. Then the matutu drives went on strike. The cost of gas has gotten so high that they no longer are earning enough profit to make the rides worth anything but a few cent. So why don't they increase the price of the ride? Well, that was my first question too. But the people don't have enough money to pay the increased fare. They will refuse to pay. What to do? What to do?