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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation – Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (Lintao Zhang/Pool photo via AP)
African leaders joined Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
This, just a couple of months after Xi visited four African nations and attended the Johannesburg BRICS Summit.
China-Africa relations are riding a high, with infrastructure projects and development initiatives moving full speed ahead.
For a look at the highlights of this week’s summit, CGTN’s Zou Yun reports.
To discuss Chinese investment in Africa:
- Chen Chenchen is deputy director in the Department of Macroeconomics at Renmin University.
- David Owiro is an economics and public policy analyst.
- Sourabh Gupta is a senior fellow with the Institute for China-America Studies.
- Witney Schneidman is a former deputy assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs.
For more:
Xi Jinping fends off accusations that China is sinking African countries further into debt through billion-dollar loans https://t.co/YbUeJPribG
— Inkstone (@InkstoneNews) September 4, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China’s approach to dealing with Africa during his keynote speech at the opening ceremony for the 2018 Beijing Summit of the #FOCAC on September 3. pic.twitter.com/WvnP4TxjPx
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) September 4, 2018
Xi Jinping announces $60 billion of financing to Africa. China to exempt certain African countries from debts #ChinaAfrica #FOCAC2018 pic.twitter.com/0kYvPWZPPj
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2018
