How is China’s relations with African states?

China’s cross-regional diplomacy has further underscored Beijing’s increasing confidence in developing its foreign policy well beyond its original common zone in the African Region. The Chinese government has been making many diplomatic inroads via trade and cooperation agreements, and a watershed in the relationship was reached with the development of regular Sino-African summits.
China is widely viewed as an important diplomatic and economic partner, including a major source of loans for sub-Saharan Africa. However, China was criticized by the West for its Africa policies, which have stressed non-interference with government affairs in both Sudan and Zimbabwe. Sudan is embroiled in brutal civil conflict in the country’s Darfur province, while Zimbabwe has a regime increasingly becoming an international pariah due to its oppressive rule. China has argued that its distinct approach to developing state diplomacy will increase mutual trade and combat poverty and under-development. Regular Sino-African Summits are held and China is viewed in Africa as an important diplomatic and economic partner, the source of loans especially for sub-Saharan Africa.

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