China's African Safari

China is all over the DC again. Ahead of Sino-African Summit to be held in Beijing this week, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in DC, holds a discussion titled China's African Safari to explore China's evergrowing influence in such African nations as Sudan, Angola, etc.

However, in terms of foreign relations with African countries, United States is not that clean, either. A today's Washington Post article-Security Council Seat Tied to Aid, cited a report conducted by two Howard scholars, who report that U.S. uses foreign aid to influence African countries sitting on UN Security Council in voting for the U.S.

The event video and press release here .

Besides China's African, will a possible class war break out in China? Even under Hu Jintao's carefully scripted goal to establish a Harmonious Society , China is still undergoing more riots and social unrests, with income gap and gap of rich and poor enlarges, a class war seems inevitable. Jamestown Foundation addresses this question in today's event, CHINA AFTER HU JINTAO: THE LOOMING CLASS WAR IN 2010?

check out the event details here.