Mutual respect, mutual benefit
The rise of China-Africa relations constitutes a prominent political and economic trend on the African continent since the end of the Cold War. This is built on the historical friendship between China and Africa that dates back to the 1950s with the Bandung Conference. Now that China is the world's second-largest economy, the amount of trade between China and Africa has hit records in 2021, reaching $254 billion and marking a 35 percent increase compared to the year before. In the first quarter of 2022, trade between China and Africa reached $64.8 billion, 23 percent higher than that in th...