Beijing's touring team

Trade and investment not ideology dominate the Beijing axis these days

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's Africa tour last month was the latest of an unprecedented series of diplomatic trips to the region by the most senior officials of the Beijing government. Chinese promises of more trade, cheaper loans and no political interference appeal to many African regimes. Wen's latest trip took in Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Wen Jiabao, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Jacob Zuma, Hu Jintao, Thabo Mbeki, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, United States, Huang Ju, Botswana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tunisia, Li Changchun, Namibia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Cui Tiankai, Iran, Russia, Jin Yongjian, Li Liqing, Li Qiangmin, Li Zhaoxing, Lesotho, Lu Guozeng, Mauritius, Tan Jialin, Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Levy Mwanawasa, Zambia, Robert Mugabe, John Nkomo, Didymus Mutasa, Stan Mudenge, Wang Jiarui, Cameroon, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo, Wang Zhongyu, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Wu Bangguo, Taiwan, Xu Jinghu, Zhang Zhijun, Britain

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