At the very end of the nineteenth century, the creator of De Beers Corporation, Cecil Rhodes, assessing the prospective risks to his plans in Africa, unexpectedly called the "yellow threat" for many and said he would never allow immigrants from China to Rhodesia. Laconic and capacious formulations of Cecil Rhodes, such as the famous: "The learned Negro - an extremely dangerous creature!", Were highly valued by associates, but in this case his fears caused, at least, bewilderment. At that time, S. Rhodes had enough problems with the Boers, Ndebel, Shonas, but no Chinese competitors, political or economic, even on the horizon were seen. Great Britain, France, Germany energetically divided the "African pie", China itself was in a semi-colonial state, and any serious expansion of the Chinese in Africa at that time seemed fantastic. From his contemporaries, Rhodes' strange prophecy was appreciated only by his good friend Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ordered an impressive allegorical painting under the title "Yellow Danger" and sent copies to European reigning houses, and a couple of years later equipped a military expedition to China, Parting with their officers in the tradition of German tradition: "No mercy. Do not take prisoners. The word "German" should terrify China for the next thousand years! ". Parting with their officers in the tradition of German tradition: "No mercy. Do not take prisoners. The word "German" should terrify China for the next thousand years! ". Parting with their officers in the tradition of German tradition: "No mercy. Do not take prisoners. The word "German" should terrify China for the next thousand years! ".

Two generations and two world wars passed before the first serious Chinese project was realized in Africa - in 1956 the PRC built a railway in Tanzania. Half a century later, the prophecy of S. Rhodes finally came true: China became the main competitor of the West in Africa. Today, more than 800 enterprises with Chinese participation are created in 49 African states. Only according to official data, more than 80,000 Chinese citizens work in Africa (unofficial - 4 times more) and about 15,000 students from African countries study in Chinese universities. The volume of annual bilateral trade exceeded $ 55 billion, with a growth rate of over 30% per year. On imports of raw materials from Africa, China loses only the United States, and the difference is rapidly declining, and for exports of goods and services to Africa, it surpassed the US in 2003,

The modern strategy of Chinese expansion in Africa has three main components: de-ideologization, huge loans, a large proportion of which goes to infrastructure development, non-transparent exports of weapons and services in the field of military-technical cooperation.

If the regime provides access to the right resources under suitable conditions, its political person does not matter. This pragmatic position of China creates new rules in the African game. Requirements for improving the political system of African states, respect for human rights, the development of civil society and democratic institutions, the fight against corruption - all the delicate instruments of influence that Western importers of African mineral resources have developed over the past three decades have been thrown back by China as unnecessary rubbish. If we take into account that all kinds of variants of the "socialist way of development" faded in Africa by the time of the elimination of the USSR, it should be recognized that China not only occupied free niches, but also deprived Western competitors of freedom of maneuver. The positions of the authoritarian leaders of the DRC, Congo, Sudan, Zimbabwe,

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