Is China the worlds new colonial power?

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Every weekday before dawn, a morning migration takes place near the desert on
Africas southwestern coast. At 5:30 in the Namibian enclave Swakopmund, whose
century-old buildings still bear the imprint of German colonization, solitary men in
khaki uniforms emerge from houses and apartment complexes, the white reflective
strips on their pants flashing as they walk briskly through the darkness. They are not
African but Chinese. No one else is stirring in the Atlantic Coast town as the men
converge on a tidy house on Libertina Amathila Avenue, the only one in the
neighborhood with its lights ablaze.

Dylan Teng, a boyish 29-year-old engineer with a brush cut and wire-rimmed glasses,
is among the last to arrive. Just as he has done nearly every day since landing in
Namibia three and a half years ago, Teng joins the others in wolfing down a breakfast
of steamed buns and rice porridge. He picks up a packed lunch prepared by a
company chef and at precisely 6 oclock, with stars still glimmering overhead, he
boards a bus emblazoned with the letters C.G.N. China General Nuclear, a state-
owned behemoth that owns the biggest Chinese project in all of Africa.

In fiecare zi inainte de rasarit are loc migratia de dimineata prin apropierea desertului
African de pe coasta de sud-vest. La 5:30, in enclava namibiana Swakopmund, ale
carei cladiri vechi de secole poarta inca amprenta colonizarii germane, barbati
singuratici in uniforme khaki se ivesc din case si din blocuri de locuinte ( complexe
de apartamente), prezenta fiindu-le semnalizata de licaririle dungilor albe
reflectorizante ale pantalonilor in timp ce se indreapta iute prin intuneric. Nu sunt
africani, ci chinezi. Nimeni nu mai intra in orasul de pe coasta Atlanticului in timp ce
barbatii se intrunesc intr-o cladire ingrijita de pe Bulevardul Libertina Amathila,
singura din cartier ale carei lumini sunt aprinse.

Dylan Teng, un inginer in varsta de 29 de ani cu un aer de baietandru, parul scurt si

ochelari cu rama subtire, ajunge printre ultimii. Urmandu-si rutina zilnica inceputa
odata cu debarcarea sa in Namibia cu trei ani si jumatate in urma, Teng li se alatura
celorlalti la micul dejun ce consta in chifle fierbinti si porridge din orez. Preia
pranzul impachetat si pregatit de bucatarul de campanie la sase fix, cu stelele inca
licarindu-i deasupra capului, si urca in autobuzul ce poarta inscriptia C.G.N. China
General Nuclear, colos al statului chinez ce detine cel mai mare proiect chinezesc din
toata Africa.