Debate: Is China a Helpful or Horrible Trade Partner for Global South Countries?

At last week’s Munich Security Conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touted his country’s 5% economic growth last year as a “benefit to the world” thanks to all of the trade it does with countries around the world.

While countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, among other regions, are undoubtedly selling more raw materials to China, critics contend that this trade pattern isn’t healthy and mostly in China’s favor. 

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by Eric Olander

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