The Jamaica Observer published on 31 August 2021 a commentary titled "China and Africa Relations Should Not Be Viewed in Silos" by Shelly Ann Murphy.
The author concluded that while there are significant similarities between China's sourcing of natural resources from Africa and the practices of former colonial powers, numerous key differences give Beijing's activities a different character from that of colonialism.
The Washington-based Wilson Center has posted five historical documents titled "Iconic Moments in Foreign Policy: China-Africa Relations."
The translated documents from Chinese archives include:
--Mao Zedong: "Africa's Task Is to Struggle against Imperialism."
--Letter from PRC Ambassador in the Republic of Mali to the Government of the Republic of Mali.
--Record of Premier Zhou Enlai's Conversations with the President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah.
--Record of Conversation between Premier Zhou and Tanzanian Second Vice President Rashidi Kawawa.
--Conversation between Mao Zedong and the Delegation of the People's Republic of the Congo.
