05/12/2015 Reporters

Welcome to this special edition of reporters. I am Karen Allen in

Johannesburg. As China invest billions in Africa, we will be

taking a report at what Beijing wants in return. Coming up. Rhodes,

trains and Michael moles, is Kenny are getting a good deal? The Asian

giant is gathering on being able to steam ahead and pay back massive

loans but what of the strategy backfires? Security and stability.

Exclusive access to Chinese peacekeepers on mission and South

sedan. Is this the start of a new strategic relationship between the

world of business? And we will hang out with the new

generation of Chinese putting roots down in Africa. Are in tune with the

continent's big plans? I have been in Africa, basically half African!

Johannesburg this week has had a distinctly Chinese flavour. Just a

few miles from here is Chinatown where you will find everything from

traditional medicines to fortune-tellers, dozens of heads of

state have been meeting to cement the Sino African relationship.

Aliens of extra dollars on the table. For Kenny, like many other

countries and those big Chinese loans have enabled them to forge

ahead with massive infrastructure projects, many delivered by the big

Chinese state corporations, but increasingly private entrepreneurs

are finding a foothold to. Once a coffee plantation and no

reconstruction site. This mass of Morlan is the latest in a string of

flagship building projects with a made in China label. The Chinese are

responsible for a third of all infrastructure projects across East

Africa, achieved through big loans which someday these companies --

countries will have to repay. For millions of canyons who still live

in poverty, hopes for future prosperity are being pinned on

Chinese fortunes, but they want fair play and local jobs, not imported

labour. Consider more the locals. People are creative and talented.

They are helping the Kenyan government to achieve jobs, but my

worries is the huge amount the government are borrowing. Since

Kenny flung open the door is the huge amount the government are

borrowing. Since Kenny flung open the they are seeing more private

firms like this one roll onto the scene. Future value many door frames

for the local construction industry. Although much of the unskilled

labour is local, Kenyan staff with Chinese language skills are being

groomed for management roles. As long as their knowledge and

professional skills improved after the training they will naturally

come to the management level. That is no difference in skin colour in

this job. Whoever it is capable will do it. Many live and socialise

separately but about 1 million Chinese workers are now spread

across Africa. Prepared to take chance and invest heavily. A younger

generation seems more willing to set in. The more you immerse yourself

the more you understand the local community so it is necessary to have

a good business in Africa, and on the personal level they also want to

make friends. The huge Chinese footprint may be hard to ignore but

it is the long-term power relationship that gives cause for

concern. The Asian giant is gathering on Kenny being able to

steam ahead and pay back massive loans but what of the strategy

backfires? Rich or poor, Kenny has been touched by the Chinese presence

and many hope opportunity will override a sense of obligation to

their foreign friends farther down the line, allowing Kenny to grow on

its own terms. China has big plans for Africa that go beyond business.

Security and stability are an important part of the strategic

partnership, and increasingly the Asian giant is being dragged into

the global war on terror, but it is their job as global peacekeepers

attempting to create a more stable continent which has generated

interest. More than 1000 Chinese peacekeepers under the command of

the global UN and we are the first foreign broadcasters to be given

access to them. A rear glimpse of military might.

The Chinese in Africa. He allows peacekeepers and not simply

deal-makers in the world's newest nation, south sedan. 700 Chinese

trips part of a multinational force under UN command. We travelled with

them to what has become a humanitarian front line. Moving in

convoy through the outskirts of the capital. We are heading towards the

camps that still housed more than 1 million homeless people for whom

every day is a battle to survive in the face of continued attacks. They

see the Chinese as here to protect. Always in Africa they are coming for

business and not just protection. Even the children are getting used

to the new friends with the blue helmets. This is the first Chinese

infantry battalion to be deployed on external peacekeeping operations, so

they are not allowed to talk to us on camera but one soldier told me

privately he was extremely proud to be here and another said she was

fulfilling her lifetime dream. Bringing with them medicine and

expertise. The Chinese have big plans for a peacekeeping across

Africa. They contribute more troops than any other permanent member of

the UN Security Council but for the time being there focuses on trying

to win the trust of local. The doctor tells me he feels very happy

you can help. South sedan may be short of water but it is rich in

oil. The Chinese have invested billions in business year. This is

about winning hearts and minds, not protecting key installations, but

looking to the future, China has wider strategic interests over the

whole of Africa. Those interests go way beyond saving lives.

What I have noticed after more than a decade working across Africa is

the way the younger generation of Chinese are adapting, and like their

parents, many who came here with big corporations and kept themselves to

themselves, their own children are beginning to put down roots and

blending. We travelled north east to Zambia to meet one family whose

daughter now considers herself as much an African as she is Chinese.

We moved to Africa about seven years ago and it is basically because of

the company, because my parents think there is more opportunity.

Sometimes people look at me and stare at me, like, then as a

Chinese! But otherwise, I think they are used to seeing Chinese people

around so they are pretty OK with it. It is pretty normal now. My

parents worry sometimes. They will think I have issues with friends

because I don't think the same way but think my teenage life started I

have been an Astley Castle basically half African. Our generation has a

different view because we were brought up here, more into the

country. My parents grew up in China so they think differently from

others. It is kind of like switching

personality because when I hang out with the Zambian friends I are or

trafficking but coming back I can be a proper Chinese girl.

We studied the Zambian market before we came. Zambia is a developing

country and living standards are rising and as that goes up people's

consumption of eggs and chicken goes up so we saw a business opportunity.

Of course, China is better. I miss China a lot. I am here just because

he is here and the businesses here and our daughter is here. I would

like to go back to China one day. I would go back but I think the

visiting and taking care of parents. I would do that. That's all from

this special edition. From me here in Johannesburg, goodbye for now.