China’s footprint in Africa is huge. The 20-story African Union tower which Beijing donated to the continental group is a testament to the size of Beijing’s ambition.“Every country, as it achieves global greatness, seeks to leave behind major landmarks that become evidence of its ascendance into global power," said Wole Soboyejo.Winston Wole Soboyejo spoke to VOA via Skype. He is a professor at Princeton University.“We must make sure that we combine these monuments with the development of people, because ultimately, it is people-centered development that really matters," he said.China has long described its relationship with Africa as a relationship between “brothers” in the “anti-colonialist struggle.”Beijing’s recent rise as a commercial power interested in Africa’s rich natural resources has aroused a degree of concern on the continent.Longtime Chinese activist Wei Jingsheng says Chinese investment in Africa often is tainted with corruption,a trait that travels abroad with Chinese state-owned or private enterprises which have become all too used to it at home.“These people - they’re used to doing business in a corrupt manner inside China,
