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The Economist. Hello, I'm Edward McBride, finance editor.

This week on Money Talks will discuss China's involvement in Africa.

It's been likened to neo-colonialism with loans to the continent reportedly exceeding even

those of the World Bank. But is the Middle Kingdom pouring as much money into Africa as we think?

James Miles, our China editor, is here to chat to us about that.

So inevitably we're going to see a slowing of loan growth to Africa and a slowing of Chinese investment in it.

But first, are markets going to party like it's 1999?

Yes, we were looking for any way to bring in a homage to Prince in this week's show.

But there are also some uncanny similarities between the market conditions of the late 90s and today.

Let's cast our mind back to those years when the dot-com boom was getting underway.

Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras.

The House of Representatives impeached US President. Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras.

The House of Representatives impeached U.S. President Bill Clinton.

The Senate will convene as a court of impeachment.

And emerging markets were in a dire state too.

Asia was in the throes of a crippling financial crisis.

Even Russia, which had been seen as one of the safest emerging markets,

defaulted on its debt, and the Rubel crashed.

But in spite of all that, Wall Street was still bullish.

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