What are friends for?
Subscribe to keep reading.
Sign up to stay briefed on what the Chinese government is doing, thinking, and saying.
Already a subscriber? Log in.
China’s doubling down on its ties with Africa.
On Wednesday, Xi Jinping met Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba who was in Beijing as part of a four-day China visit.
Some context: Bongo is a man on a mission.
Since assuming office in 2009, after his father's 42-year rule, he's focused on diversify...