Xi Jinping

The next day President Donald Trump called China's President Xi Jinping saying that he had 'much respect' for the country...

In keeping with President Donald Trump's combative policy towards President Xi Jinping's government the US State and Energy Departments have been tentatively dipping their toes into Inga III seemingly pondering if they can loosen China's grip on the project...

It is also fits with a shift in China's strategy in Africa to focus more on private companies' operations rather than state-backed mega projects as set out by Yang Jiechi President Xi Jinping's Africa envoy on recent trips to Kenya and Nigeria...

Yet Kenyatta and Raila convinced each other they could override China's decision by making a joint direct appeal to President Xi Jinping during the Belt and Road Forum...

Along with Saudi Arabia the UAE has pledged $10bn and China's Xi Jinping pledged $15bn...

EU officials are rattled by the perception of China's dominance in Africa especially after President Xi Jinping offered US$60 billion in additional aid loans and investment at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation – largesse Brussels can't match...

At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on 3-4 September Mnangagwa had a one-to-one meeting with Xi Jinping which insiders say covered Zimbabwe's need for $2 billion in standby funding not to balance the books but to satisfy requirements from the IMF and other lenders...

Britain's formal exit from the EU next March overtures to African countries in the Commonwealth about more favourable trade and investment deals in the near future and the promise of an additional $60 billion of Chinese investment from President Xi Jinping at the China-Africa summit this month also offer greater leverage to African countries to drive a harder bargain...

The China pledge was made by President Xi Jinping on the eve of the BRICS Business Summit held in South Africa last month highlighting Asia's key role in Africa...

Yet these projects were already in the pipeline agreed during President Xi Jinping's visit to Zimbabwe in December 2015...