China's President Xi Jinping has orchestrated an ambitious soft power invasion of African economies that seeks cultural as well as trade ties.
Africa's trading partnership with China takes many forms
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The China Gezhouba (Group) Corporation completed this bridge in Bamako, Mali, in 2011, one of many engineering projects conducted in Africa to realize the ‘Chinese Dream’.
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A Chinese vendor waits for customers in Omdurman, June 6, 2013. China is Sudan's main trading partner since a 1997 U.S. trade embargo
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Nigerian entrepreneur Taofick Okoya found a Chinese manufacturer to produce the parts of a low-cost black doll he calle Queen of Africa. He sells about 8,000 made-in-China dolls each month.
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A site manager from China Wuyi, Sinohydro and Shengeli Engineering Construction Group checks progress on Kenya’s Nairobi-Thika highway project in 2011. The $28 billion road is paid for by China, Kenya and the African Development Bank.