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Chinese investors bank on state succour

Policymakers have gone to unprecedented lengths to prop up stocks struggling after the biggest sell-off in two decades.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and ­Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a multibillion-dollar deal to ­upgrade Kenya’s railways.

China’s designs on Africa in dispute

Beijing’s relations with countries in Africa are riddled with lies and truths and everything in between. Separating myth from fact is not easy.

Iron ore mine in West Africa. The Liberty Corridor railroad  provides a mechanism for Ivanhoe Atlantic to get that ore to market on favourable terms. Photo: File

Chinese firm to take over key African iron ore mine

China’s Hanlong Group intends to take over Australian mining company Sundance early next year and gain control over a key iron ore supply in Africa.

China’s boom swells the coffers of African economies

Chinese investment in Africa is the single most important development of the previous decade for the continent.

Far from home

Far from home, Chinese investors find rewards

A million Chinese people, from engineers to chefs, are leading a trade boom in Africa. <b>Xan Rice</b> hears how their lives changed after they moved.

China speeds towards crisis

Quick-fix economic strategies are a recipe for disaster, writes Larry Elliott.

Chinese cash aids Mozambique’s World Cup bid

A few steps from a market, two lanterns swung from a pagoda which promises friendship between China and Mozambique will outlast ”heaven and earth”.

China to fuel Africa mining growth despite crisis

China, Africa’s biggest emerging market partner, will overcome the economic crisis and resume its march into mining and infrastructure investments.

Things that go boom!

Lynley Donnelly investigates the reasons behind the quadrupling of the prices of commodities.

Africans marvel, fret at China’s hard workers

An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the newcomers’ pursuit of wealth.

Why China trumps SA

China is proving a much more effective player in Africa than South Africa, writes Lynley Donnelly.