China-Africa relations are heading towards a century and are still standing strong. Contemporary geopolitical challenges may have tormented international turbulence and uncertainty, but authorities in ...

China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer market ...

Sarah Wild is a freelance journalist in Canterbury, UK. Since launching the Health Silk Road in 2017 as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, China’s engagement in African health has shifted from ...

China’s decision to extend zero-tariff treatment to all African countries with diplomatic ties marks one of the most significant trade measures in modern China-Africa relations. At a time when ...

The move could aggravate one of the continent’s most pressing economic problems: over-dependence on the export of raw and minimally-processed minerals and materials. China is going all in to support ...

China’s President Xi Jinping announced in February 2026 that from 1 May China would be granting zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries. (That is all of them bar Eswatini, which supports Taiwan.

The global geoeconomic volatility wrought by the second Donald Trump US presidency and hostilities in the Middle East make the shift in China’s Africa strategy even more important for China and for ...