a cornerstone in beijing's global belt and road project in sierra leone for example president julius marder b o c s china's thirst for investment as a way for his country to catch the wave of globalization. and there are so many benefits to globalization so force we want to be a part of the world community but the large investments which chinese state owned companies have pursued so aggressively in africa have not been an exercise in philanthropy africa's vast resources have helped fuel china's economic transformation still below rejects the accusation by some western countries that china is exploiting africa we are not fools enough we know where we want to take our point in various countries do we involve in a relationship that is designed to be it when we relationship if we do not think it was so we wouldn't be involved in that so i don't subscribe to that and nor here i want to technical entry. some african countries have become heavily dependent on chinese financing and a recent study by the center for global development a u.s. think tank has raised serious concerns about the sustainabi