text: which is precisely why I am mystified with the hangup with our colonial history. Much political noise about the big, bad white colonialists (with good reason) while under our eyes Africa is being actively colonized by China. I was in Namibia last year. There are now more Chinese in Namibia than whites according to a local in Opuwa. Plus, the convict labour they import on construction contracts never go home. They stay. And yes, China does what's good for China. Like everyone else.