Xi Jinping

In 2015 Koroma promised the IMF not to go ahead with it only to plead with Chinese President Xi Jinping to keep it alive days later (AC Vol 56 No 23 Unclear for take-off)...

Modi's diplomatic air miles rival those of China's President Xi Jinping (AC Vol 57 No 8 Economy thwarts Buhari)...

Reports of several substantive initiatives followed his meeting with President Xi Jinping: a US$6 billion loan from Bejing for infrastructure projects; a move to increase Nigeria's foreign reserves that are held in yuan (renminbi) currently at 10%; a deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to extend the use of Chinese currency in Nigeria's trade finance arrangements; the opening of negotiations on Nigeria's floating of a 'Panda Bond' a yuan-denominated bond for Nigeria which would be marketed in China...

President Xi Jinping of China is also understood to have delivered a message via diplomatic back-channels to protect China's 20% state in Standard Bank...

of Chinese investments and loans would be sluicing through Africa over the next five years President Xi Jinping smilingly assured the gathering...

' Koroma met Chinese President Xi Jinping in New York at the end of September where they reiterated their desire for mutual cooperation and discussed industrial and infrastructure plans...

Ten days later however Koroma told the local media that he had secured a pledge from Chinese President Xi Jinping that the project would go ahead...

The leaders of Asia's two biggest economies – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping – didn't attend the summit...

Li's trip built on President Xi Jinping's tour in March last year which took him to Congo-Brazzaville South Africa and Tanzania...

Both China's President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama visited Africa in 2013 seeking to strengthen political ties...