China's trade with Africa is scaling new peaks and likely to have surpassed $200 billion last year. The saying is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Prospects bright for further growth in China-Africa trade
Rich and poor, from far and wide, migrants have turned a small Chinese city into business hub with indelible links to Africa.
Few people would include Yiwu International Trade City when asked to name the top 10 biggest shopping malls in the world.
While working as a scholar in Cape Verde more than a decade ago, Heidi Haugen, a sociologist, began noticing a strange increase in the number of Chinese business owners cropping up around the country.
As China and Africa have drawn more closely to one another over the past 12 years, an increasing number of Chinese have visited and settled in the continent. At the same time, more and more Africans have visited and settled in China. I reckon that there are now about 2 million Chinese in Africa and 500,000 Africans in China.
City's Africa success story has been a long time in the making
Private Chinese companies increasingly see Africa as an opportunity to be tapped - and Africans see benefits for themselves.
Dong Haijing is one Chinese entrepreneur who has proved it is possible to go places in Africa.
Jack Lee says Africa could make or break China computer giant Lenovo's global strategy.
China's involvement in Africa is traditionally assumed to take place in the public sector, concentrating on official or bilateral government activities. But over the past two decades, this pattern has changed phenomenally, with a huge increase in Chinese companies operating in the private sector.
With some steps, Chinese investment in Africa will become increasingly beneficial
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