Chinese investment in Sudan (1989- 2011)

The African presence in China is not new , there is a long history of communication between China and Africa dates back to more than a thousand years , and deepen more after the second and the World War , the People 's Republic of China in the era of Mao Tse - tung , in the context of the revolutionary tide and the struggle of China with the West , and in search of International support for the accession of the People's Republic of China to the Security Council and its access to permanent membership instead of national China ( Taiwan ), China has worked to strengthen its influence in Africa to obtain the support of African countries in the General Assembly of the United Nations , and China's relationship with the brown continent has known another turning point after the policy of openness in 1978, as it has been giving priority to the logic of interests over ideology , With the beginning of the rise of the Chinese economy has increased the importance of Africa as a source of materials and primary energy source of the Chinese economy , and the market for the disposal of goods and rouse money Chinese , and as a result has become a Sino - African relations , more extensive and deeper , as numerous cooperation between the two sectors in All economic, cultural and commercial fields , so this relationship was described as a strategic partnership .