RQ China's invesment in raw materials from other countries

1. ISI Emerging Markets database. In China database, search on; outbound direct investment as a phrase.
Now do a new search in the China database. Search on: africa
Next, select the News tab in the China database. Search on outbound direct investment.

2. Now open worldbank.org. Search on: africa's silk road

3. unctad.org Select: Foreign Direct Investment Statistics to see China
inward and outward flow of investment.

Article: China’s oil diplomacy in Africa IAN TAYLOR
International Affairs 82: 5 (2006) 937–959
2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/The Royal Institute of International Affairs

"The Ravenous Dragon" China's Resource Hunger. Cover story. Economist may 13 2008.

Also look at the China Business Research Guide for other resources.