China's economic invasion of Africa

A million Chinese people, from engineers to chefs, have moved to work in Africa in the past decade. How has the trade boom changed their lives?

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  • guardian.co.uk, Sunday 6 February 2011 20.29 GMT
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Chinese civil engineer Liu Hui, who is overseeing the construction of a highway between Nairobi and Thika. Photograph: Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures

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