You gotta read this trenchant piece by Brendan O Neill, a writer based in London, editor of Spiked, and his social commentary. The very revealing piece was published at Mail and Guardian in London on April 24, 2008.
He writes about China's massive investment in Africa which has nuked the patronising claims of Western charity workers that Africans only need 'sensible, sustainable, small-scale' development. Click on the link:
http://www.brendanoneill.net/ChinaOxfam.htm