ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 5月3日 11時54分

Is China the world’s new colonial power? The rising superpower’s gravitational pull can be felt today in every nook of the globe. But few countries feel the tug more strongly than #Namibia, a wind-swept nation with a population of 2.4 million. While on assignment for @nytmag, the photographer George Georgiou took this photo of mass housing constructed by a Chinese company on the outskirts of #Swakopmund, near the Husab Uranium Mine — the world’s second-largest uranium mine. The desert where the mine has materialized used to be known only for its Welwitschia mirabilis, a short, droopy national plant that can live for more than 1,000 years. Now, in little more than 1,000 days, China’s reach has spread far beyond the mine. Just north of Swakopmund, a Chinese telemetry station sprouts from the desert floor. 25 miles south, a state-owned Chinese company is building an artificial peninsula. The question of how China is changing the world is often framed as a binary proposition: Is China the savior for developing nations, or is this the dawn of a new colonial era? In Namibia, and elsewhere, the narratives live uncomfortably side by side. Visit the link in our profile to read more in @nytmag.

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