Natural resources, oil to underwrite Chinese investment in Africa

Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa roughly doubled between 2009 and 2012 to US$2.5 billion from US$1.4 billion, while bilateral trade has soared, reaching US$198.5 billion last year, up 19.3 per cent on 2011's total.

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