China reaches out to US on Africa projects

By Geoff Dyer in WashingtonAuthor alerts

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China has invited the US to co-operate in financing and building infrastructure in Africa and other parts of the developing world, an unprecedented proposal that has potentially sweeping implications for the future of international development aid.

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