Following a swing through the United Arab Emirates, where he signed to a greater extent than than a dozen deals to strengthen cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Africa tour is already making headlines. On Sunday, Xi began his two-day watch to the West African acre of Senegal alongside a milestone for his flagship Belt together with Road Initiative. The ambitious spider web of infrastructure together with economical evolution investments, which aims to deepen connectivity betwixt East, Southeast together with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa together with Europe, instantly for the starting fourth dimension time officially stretches to the Atlantic Ocean on the continent of Africa. “Noting that the 2 countries should strengthen the alignment of evolution strategies together with policy communication, Xi welcomed Senegal to endure the starting fourth dimension West African province to sign a Belt together with Road cooperation document alongside China,” Chinese province media reported.
Chinese loans convey already financed a highway linking the Senegalese working capital missive of the alphabet of Dakar alongside its second-largest city, Touba, together with an industrial park.
Xi has already arrived inwards his minute stop, Rwanda, after which he volition caput to South Africa, where he volition attend a acme of BRICS countries.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency:
“Senegal is the starting fourth dimension West African province to sign a Belt together with Road cooperation document alongside China.”
“This twelvemonth is telephone commutation for China-Africa ties. In September, a acme of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) volition endure held inwards Beijing.”
“The Chinese assist of edifice sports together with cultural infrastructure inwards Senegal, inwards particular, the Grand National Theater of Dakar together with the Museum of Black Civilization, shows that the China-Africa cooperation is non profit-seeking: Senegalese scholar Kader Diop.”
“China instantly does to a greater extent than merchandise alongside Africa than whatever other acre does, together with its consistent overtures to the continent contrast sharply alongside the United States, whose President Donald Trump has shown lilliputian involvement inwards it.”
(Remember Trump’s “shithole countries” controversy? It didn’t assist US interests inwards Africa.)
“The watch was Xi’s starting fourth dimension trip to West Africa equally president, but his 4th to Africa, he told a articulation press conference alongside Senegalese President Macky Sall after their third-ever meeting.”
Per Bloomberg Intelligence:
“Our 3rd grouping [of African destinations of Chinese investment], peradventure best understood equally an extended Belt together with Road Initiative, includes landlocked East African countries such equally Rwanda together with Republic of Uganda together with coastal West African countries similar the Ivory Coast, Senegal, together with Morocco. These were the largest recipients of bilateral lending past times mainland People's Republic of China inwards 2015, according to CARI data.”
“The mainland People's Republic of China Bridge together with Road Corporation together with telecom giants Huawei together with ZTE, convey buy the farm serious contenders for large overseas contracts, thank you lot inwards purpose to China’s focus on Africa, playing an of import role inwards the reject of traditional mobile equipment heavyweights, such equally Nokia together with Ericsson.”
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