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In Beijing, Xi and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo announce elevation of bilateral ties to comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.
Beijing is key ally of Harare, which has faced sanctions from the West, while China sees the African country as strategic location for spreading influence.
Beijing the largest bilateral official lender to countries in Africa but share in sub-Saharan overall sovereign debt still relatively small: report.
An ambassador of an African country to China has criticized the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for restrictive lending policies.
At Kenya’s Miritini Railway Station, near the coastal city of Mombasa, a statue of legendary Chinese explorer Zheng He sits on a plinth greeting passengers, more than 600 years after his voyage to the town of Malindi, further up the coast. The statue’s plaque explains the ties between Kenya and China t