President Donald Trump attends a press conference on the census in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 11, 2019 in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Lin Songtian, China’s ambassador to South Africa, took out a half-page advertisement in Business Day...

A future together. Direct airline flights between Africa and China have jumped over 600% in the past decade. Planes today are not only full of workers and traders seeking prosperity, but also short-term tourists and students, seeking leisure and knowledge. Some are in...

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Lin Songtian, China’s ambassador to South Africa, took out a half-page advertisement in a key local newspaper to attack the stance of the U.S. and...

Phase 2A of Kenya's standard gauge railway line from Nairobi-Naivasha. The project was financed by the Chinese. PHOTO | AFP Is Kenya shifting its engagement with China from “loans diplomacy” to private investments? This past week’s visit to Nairobi by Yang Jiechi, the...

© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Japan cannot stop China from owning Africa. When it comes to votes of African nations in international agencies, that is. It’s too late. China already owns the votes of most Africa nations. Japan has a new mission in Africa: to save it from...

China designed and executed a policy that shrank the industrialization process in a mere 25 years — something that many economies took at least a century to do. That redesign has brought immense dislocation in global commerce and industry, enabling China to become one...

Animal rights activists want Kenya’s donkey abattoirs closed to stop unsustainable trade Villagers transport water with the help of their donkeys near Mount Kenya (Image: Alamy) Growing demand for donkey meat and skin in China is causing a sharp decline in the animals...

Ethiopia’s national carrier is a key link between China and Africa. China has been a latecomer to African aviation. Even though Ethiopian Airlines started flying to China in November 1973, there were few other air links between Africa and China for 30 years. The...

Tokyo calling Dozens of African leaders trooped into Yokohama city on Japan’s Pacific coast in late August and heard prime minister Shinzo Abe promise that Japan’s private sector will invest $20 billion over three years in Africa. What’s more, said Abe, Tokyo would...

In a bid to reconcile with his deputy as their fallout has reached a crescendo, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reportedly begged for a stopover meeting with Vice President Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, who is in China on his way back home from Japan, Spotlight...

Carbon-heavy development in countries part of China's Belt and Road Initiative could render the Paris climate goals unreachable, according to a new analysis on the gargantuan global infrastructure project released Monday. The massive network of ports, railways, roads...

Girls wearing T-shirts with African national flags hold and raise their hands Tuesday during a summer dance festival in Yokohama to mark the kickoff of the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which opens Wednesday. Dozens of top African...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) conference in August 28, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. (CNN)Japan's private sector will invest $20 billion over three years in Africa, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...