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2 Seattle J. Envtl. L. 343 (2012)
Feeding the Dragon: Managing Chinese Resource Acquisition in Africa

handle is hein.journals/sjel4 and id is 340 raw text is: Feeding the Dragon: Managing Chinese Resource Acquisition in Africa Patrick Munsont & Zheng Ronghui TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Sino-African Trade ........................................ 345 A. China's Expansion into Africa.......................345 B. Causes for Concern ........................ ....... 348 1. China's Environmental Track Record at Home..........348 2. Activities in Particularly Sensitive Places...................349 3. Sensitive Nature of the Projects and Investments.............350 4. Lack of Environmental Safeguards in Associated Projects ..... 351 II. Legal Difficulties Regarding Environmental Destruction by Foreign Corporations .................................. 352 A. Domestic Law in Host Nations .................. ..... 352 1. Compromises at Entry into the Market........... .....353 2. Lack of Local Enforcement. ................. ....... 354 3. Difficulty of Pursuing a Legal Claim............ .....354 B. Foreign Direct Liability ....................... .....355 1. Extraterritorial Regulation.............................. 355 2. Home State Liability ........................ ....357 III. Law and Regulatory Control of OFDI and Operations Abroad......358 A. National Development and Reform Commission..........358 B. MOFCOM. .............................. ....... 359 C. Economic and Commercial Counselor....... ...........360 D. SASAC....................................... 361 t Patrick Munson, J.D./M.E.L.P., Vermont Law School, 2010. Patrick is an Associate Attorney at Boyd, Chandler, & Falconer, LLP in Anchorage, Alaska. He would like to thank Professors Tseming Yang, Gu Dejin, and Jason Czarnezki for their invaluable assistance and guidance, both here and in China, as well as Vermont Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Sun Yat-Sen University, and the excellent staff at the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law. Zheng Ronghui, Master of Law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), 2011. Ronghui majors in environmental law and natural resource law. She is now working in Guandong Nanyue Bank as a management trainee. This article originated from a collaborative research project through the Vermont Law School U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law. The opinions in this article are solely those of the authors. 343

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