Is China a Boon or Hindrance for Africa?

Is China a Boon or Hindrance for Africa?  
There has been much debate about this lately and here is some of the latest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/opinion/beijing-a-boon-for-africa.html?_r=2&smid=fb-share
http://africanarguments.org/2012/07/02/china-in-africa-dambisa-moyo-fails-to-uncover-a-more-complex-situation-by-jolyon-ford-at-oxford-analytica/ .


For more out of the UK, the IQ2 Debates series has both a for and against team of well-known experts commenting on the statement "Beware of the dragon: Africa should not look to China": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXck9BS3Hfw .


Similarly, Al Jazeera had a segment on China in Africa that can be watched here: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2012/01/20121484624797945.html .


And finally, an excellent blog out of The China in Africa Project that can be downloaded on iTunes or watched here: http://soundcloud.com/chinatalkingpoints/when-china-met-africa . This latest podcast discusses the film When China Met Africa and Dambisa Moyo's latest book on Africa and China.