Then there is the man known as “Sam Pa.” Although few people know his actual identity, what is known, according to Financial Times investigations correspondent Tom Burgis, who documented much of this man’s notorious history in Africa in the 2015 book “The Looting Machine,” is that billions of dollars flowed through his network as part of shady operations throughout Africa to secure oil drilling rights, mining deals and countless other Sino-African business arrangements.

Pa was notorious for fueling corruption, so much so, that the scope and scale of his allegedly-illegal dealings in Africa went too far. Pa was detained, swept up as part of Xi Jinping’s vast anti-corruption campaign.

The case of Sam Pa and the billions allegedly doled out by Chinese corporations in the continent exemplify the kind of corruption that some people associate with the Chinese presence in Africa. However, that is only part of the story. While some big Chinese corporations have been linked to these kinds of illegal activities, smaller Chinese businesses throughout the continent often operate on the other end of the spectrum ― as the victims of corruption.

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