Beijing's embrace

Luanda finds Beijing's courtship flattering, strengthening and, above all, lucrative

Angola has become China's biggest oil supplier and its closest African ally. The 24-hour visit of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Luanda last month cemented the special relationship and announced an extra US$2 billion to China's existing $3 bn. credit-line for 'reconstruction and national development'. It is mainly, but not all, about business.

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Wen Jiabao, South Africa, José Eduardo dos Santos, Spain, Israel, Brazil, José Pedro de Morais, Saudi Arabia, United States, Carlos Saturnino, France, Ari de Carvalho, André Luís Brandão, Botswana, Congo-Kinshasa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Jonatão Chigunji, Portuguese, José Sócrates, Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, Agência Nacional para o Investimento Privado, Africa Confidential, Empresa de Diamantes de Angola

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