The huge project is one of many spearheaded by the Chinese in Africa.

China’s engagement with its African counterparts in May spanned the gamut—from concrete economic dealmaking and forward-looking trade cooperation largely in North and East Africa to sports diplomacy ...

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...

As President Xi Jinping has emphasised, the foundation and lifeline of China–Africa relations lie with the people. By placing ordinary citizens — including youth, women, professionals, artists, health ...

China signed a deal with Zambia and Tanzania for the revitalization of a railway connecting the central African copperbelt with an Indian Ocean port. The revamp of the line — which Mao Zedong’s China ...

The Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province, on June 11, 2025.

Already this year, China’s trade surplus with Africa is nearly as big as all of 2024, a sign of how President Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the flow of goods. By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Musinguzi ...