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Chinas increasing presence in Africa has drawn mixed reactions from the academic and the media. It has been argued that China is sapping Africas manufacturing potential and also extracting Africas resources without any significant benefits to Africa. Thus China is seen as a contributor to Africas underdevelopment and deindustrialization. However, some have seen China as Africas partner for development. They see Chinas presence in Africa as beneficial to China and Africa. As a result, there is no agreement as to whether Chinas increasing presence in Africa is sustainable to Africa or whether the relationship is unsustainable. Although the relations between China and Africa are widely covered in the media, empirically the area has been under researched. The historical design was used to organize and analyse secondary data derived from books, articles, journals, governmentofficial documents and internet sources related to the study. The study adopted the Dependency theory, as the crux of its argument. Dependency theoryis a school of thought in contemporary social sciences that seeks to contribute to an understanding ofunderdevelopment. Findings revealed that the china Africa relations has been asymmetrical where the economic and trade balance has been more in Chinas favor. On the basis of the findings, the study recommended among others, the need for Nigeria to re-examine the Nigeria-China relations, particularly as China is seen today as a scrambler, an invader and the 21st-century colonizer. The Nigerian state must look inwards taking note of the peculiarities of the countrys economic trajectory and seek renegotiation of terms of loans, trade and investments.

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