Xi Jinping

As Bongo had only given Chinese President Xi Jinping a verbal assurance of the base's viability Nguema's takeover placed its construction on ice...

Ahead of the FOCAC summit South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa and China's Xi Jinping held talks saying afterwards that they planned to expand cooperation in renewable energy energy storage and power transmission and distribution...

Saïed who rode to power on an anti-corruption ticket in 2019 is now accused of nepotism with his wife's nephew being awarded the sole dealership licence for China's Bestune cars a month after Saïed met with President Xi Jinping...

With bilateral trade passing $10bn in 2023 Chinese ambassador Li Jian in early March told a forum in Sétif that following Tebboune's visit to Beijing and talks with President Xi Jinping last June 'new summits' could be reached...

President Ali Bongo Ondimba reportedly told astonished United States officials just before Nguema overthrew him in August that he had promised President Xi Jinping that China could station military forces in his country...

At the first China-Arab States summit held in Riyadh in December 2022 President Saïed's talks on the margins of the conference with President Xi Jinping although amicable had no tangible outcomes...

And China's President Xi Jinping was eager to preside over these changes (AC Vol 64 No 18 Beijing asserts global south leadership role)...

China's Xi Jinping had been greeted effusively and in-person by President Cyril Ramaphosa the previous day...

The possibility of the summit being moved to Beijing was mooted during Ramaphosa's recent telephone call with Xi Jinping although it is unclear if the Chinese president agreed...

While Tshisekedi was afforded an official state visit in Beijing and talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he did not return home with any new commitments on infrastructure financing or investment and no pledges were forthcoming on the mining deals...