摘要: A few years after China officially engaged in economic cooperation with Africa in October2000,at the Beijing Declaration and the Program for China-Africa Cooperation in Economic and Social Development,a lot of criticisms have been... 展开 A few years after China officially engaged in economic cooperation with Africa in October2000,at the Beijing Declaration and the Program for China-Africa Cooperation in Economic and Social Development,a lot of criticisms have been made against the Chinese economic presence in the continent.Some called China the new colonizer of Africa and accused the country of playing a debt trap policy in Africa.This controversy inspired the present study which examines the China-Africa investment model to identify what drives Chinese investment and loans to Africa.It has been conducted based on a panel data of44African countries over the period2003-2017and fixed effects model regression.According to the main results found in the econometric analysis,Chinese FDI and loans in Africa is attracted to countries with large natural resources but more interesting the results indicate that good control of corruption in interaction with natural resources is a determinant of Chinese FDI in Africa.Regarding the loans,we found that there is no evidence of a debt trap policy.The result rather shows that the duo control of corruption and natural resource is also a determinant of Chinese loans in Africa.As the seeking for natural resources is not a crime,this study concludes by showing where the political efforts should be focused instead. 收起