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Originally Posted by S-2
I'm having difficulty confusing Chinese "aid" with altruistic intent. Can somebody help me access the numbers of simple chinese citizens working on behalf of NGOs worldwide but not the U.N. nor China? You know, those who've forsaken monetary gain or promoting the inexorible march of the internationale (boy is THAT an oxymoron) to serve mankind, even if briefly.
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S-2,
I suspect the # of volunteer Chinese is slim to none. However, people on the ground want to see results, and so perception will trump reality. The Chinese worker advancing purely selfish Chinese interests, sensitive to local customs and conversant/fluent in the local language is just as much an asset to China as the altruistic American there to serve humanity is to the US. Throw in more Chinese than Americans and the occasional bumbling American official, and you have the US behind in the race to win African loyalties.