US’ loss, China’s gain: Aid cuts may open doors for Beijing in Africa
Soft power: Chinese railway executive Wang Xingbin teaches six-year-old Beatrice Mogi Chinese caligraphy during a tour of the Chinese-built standard gauge railway terminus in Nairobi.
Last week, the Chinese government pledged a Ksh1.8 billion ($14 million) grant to Kenya, one of the biggest development assistance packages from Beijing in the recent years.
The deal signed by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi and Chinese ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan is meant to upgrade five key hospitals across the country.
