Action Talkback: China's $60 billion to Africa, who is to pay the price?

Angola's President Joao Lourenco, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Angola's President Joao Lourenco meets Chinese President Xi Jinping. Source: AP

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa on Monday and wrote off some debt for poorer African nations, while warning against funds going toward “vanity projects”.


Is Africa turning out to be the new battlefield of US-China trade war? Is this a "debt trap" that the benefited countries could only repay by political support? 


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