There is a certain uneasiness if not fear about the increasing prominence and self-assurance about the rapid growth of the Chinese not only in Guyana but in the rest of the Caribbean and very particularly Africa. Books and articles on China are becoming an industry in itself. With its BRIC partner India, China shares the distinction of being one of two oldest surviving civilisations in the world. Top diplomat Henry Kissinger likes to quote Lucian Pye, the American political scientist that China is “a civilisation pretending to be a nation-state.” Indeed it even pretends to be a Third World country.
China’s uniqueness lies in its tradition of taking a long view of history although there is some question about the authenticity of the story
