Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China assisting the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? Within the last couple of years, China’s help program has leapt from the shadows. Media reports about large aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of employees and natural resources in some of the poorest countries in the globe sparked brutal debates. These debates, however, occurred with hardly any about The Dragon’s Present: THE TRUE Tale of China in Africa hard information. China’s custom of secrecy about its help fueled rumours and speculation, making it challenging to gauge the risks and opportunities provided by China’s growing accept.

This well-timed book, by among the world’s leading experts, provides the first comprehensive account of China’s aid and economic cooperation overseas. Deborah Brautigam tackles the myths and realities, detailing what the Chinese are doing, how they do it, how much aid they give, and exactly how it all suits to their ‘heading global’ strategy. Drawing on three years of knowledge in China and Africa, and hundreds of interviews in Africa, China, European countries and the united states, Brautigam shines new light on a topic

of great curiosity.