China’s President Xi Jinping and African leaders hailed their shared future as they opened a three-yearly summit, even as debt burdens, tensions over trade imbalances and rising geopolitical rivalries cast shadows over Beijing’s relationships on the continent.
African leaders from 50 countries arrived in Beijing this week for the summit, which ends on Friday with a blueprint for China-Africa relations until 2027.
“On the road to modernisation . . . not a single country should fall behind,” Xi told the leaders in his opening speech to the forum on Thursday.
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