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Has the recent attack on Chinese oil workers shaken Beijing's resolve in Africa? Not really.

This is the final part of a series in which we look at China’s emerging relationship with the Africa. The first part of the series examined China search for oil on the continent, while part two looked at what China was giving back to Africa. Part three examines the Sino-African relationship, its current state, and possible future.

China and India's growing trade and investment in Africa holds great potential for African economic growth, a World Bank report has said.

China scrambles for Africa. Should we be concerned?

From Der Spiegel: China is conquering Africa as it becomes the preferred trading partner of the continent's dictators. Beijing is buying up Africa's abundant natural resources and providing it with needed cash and cheaply produced consumer goods in return.

Hu Jintao is going back to Africa, and he plans on making a stop in Sudan. Everybody is watching to see how he'll wield China's growing influence on the continent.

From How the World Works: Why can't Africa be more like Taiwan? Or South Korea? Or Thailand? Or Indonesia? Nothing obsesses development economists more than the question of whether today's poor nations can replicate the success of the handful of mostly Asian countries that escaped poverty by achieving sustained economic growth in the decades since World War II.

Makau Mutua, Nairobi - Recently, there has been a dizzying parade of high-level visitors between Africa and the People's Republic of China. Some Kenyan officials have suggested that the country should increasingly look East to diversify its economic relationships and reduce dependency on the West.

China is rapidly buying up Africa's oil, metals and farm produce. That fuels China's surging economic growth, but how good is it for Africa? Or more to the point, does anyone really care??