Fighting poverty the Chinese way

China's overseas development aid is crucial support

美国研究：中国亚非项目缩小经济差距 有助全球稳定

A little closer to the unvarnished truth

Revised methods in keeping track of Chinese financial contributions to Africa will shed more light.

What on earth is going on downstairs?

That's The question everyone should be asking about China's ties with Africa. International aid to Africa, and the way it is being reported in the media, remains controversial. When the British government announced recently that it would cut off aid to South Africa in 2015, choosing instead to base its future relationship with the country on trade rather than aid, it was met by a furious reaction from the South African government. This step was interpreted by some as related to South Africa's inclusion in the BRICS bloc of emerging economies and closer ties to China.

Report speaks about advantages of China's aid to Africa

When Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, wrote in her book Dead Aid that traditional aid from Western donors had largely failed African countries, fostering dependency, encouraging corruption and perpetuating poor governance and poverty, she said China provided another approach and gave Africans the ability to choose their own way to develop. But how large and how effective is Chinese aid to Africa?