Editorial

  • Sven Grimm

Abstract

Dear Reader, This issue of African East-Asian Affairs | The China Monitor examines two topics which, at first glance, have little to do with current Africa. They bring excursions to Papua New Guinea in the Pacific – and to foregone times of the early 20th century. At the same time, however, they ring intriguingly familiar for those who look at contemporary Chinese engagement on the African continent.