That's a clip from BBC news.
The US official blamed China but not the oil company who infiltrated Nigerian ministries. Who is more "aggressive and pernicious"? Western countries used to exploid Africa's resources and are still doing so. They just don't like China compete with them for the resources so that they will need to pay more to African countries.
"A cable from February quotes a senior US official in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, describing China as "aggressive and pernicious".
US diplomatic cables from Africa also reveal claims by oil giant Shell that it infiltrated Nigerian ministries.
Wikileaks has so far released more than 1,100 of 251,000 secret US cables.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent says the latest documents provide a fascinating insight into Washington's rivalry with Beijing in Africa.
The cable, published by the Guardian newspaper, quotes Johnnie Carson, US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, who had been meeting oil company representatives in Lagos.
He describes China as "a very aggressive and pernicious economic competitor with no morals...."
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