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...fell over themselves in welcome. China inked deal after deal: a $2.3 billion stake in a Nigerian offshore petroleum field; a $1.5 billion pact to upgrade Ethiopia's telecom system; massive investments in Angola, now China's largest source of oil imports. China won diplomatic victories, too, getting Chad, Malawi and Senegal to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing in just the past three years. And in 2006, Beijing hosted a triumphant follow-up summit with nearly every African leader...
...what should be done? Here are three steps to ease the current crisis and avert the potential for a global disaster. The first is to scale-up the dramatic success of Malawi, a famine-prone country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and high-yield seeds. Malawi's harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion in all. Such a fund could fight hunger as effectively...
...stick in the relationship and can ratchet up the pressure when it wants. Beijing's diplomacy, for example, continues to reduce Taiwan's international presence. In recent years Senegal and Costa Rica dropped their recognition of Taiwan, leaving it with ties to just 24 countries. Last month Malawi sent diplomats to Beijing, raising fears in Taiwan that the small African state could drop its recognition of Taipei and establish formal diplomatic ties with China. And the coercion is not merely political...
...show's success has not been without controversy. In 2003, the southern African country Malawi briefly banned Big Brother over what it called explicit sexual content that could corrupt the nation's youth. Uganda is still a deeply conservative nation, with laws banning homosexuality and abortion. Yet Ugandans are fascinated despite themselves by a Western-style show that showcases Africans engaged in commonly frowned-upon vices. Editorials appear weekly in local newspapers analyzing the latest sordid development...
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