Africa needs strategic, disciplined approach with China, experts say
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FILE - A security official stands near a display showing different models of Chinese trains at a maintenance yard during a media tour ahead of the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, Aug. 30, 2018. This year's forum is set for Sept. 5-6. FILE - National flags of China and Djibouti are seen in front of the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone before its inauguration, in Djibouti, July 5, 2018. FILE - Construction of the Nairobi Expressway, undertaken by the China Road and Bridge Corporation on a public-private partnership basis, is pictured in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 20, 2021.
China has been establishing closer cooperation with Africa, a relationship some view as fraught with debt burden while others hail as Africa leveraging its strategic importance globally.
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