Negative interactions with Chinese companies and individuals are hurting the country’s image in many African countries.

The southern African country is seeing increasing backlash to China’s influence.

Chinese-financed transport infrastructure projects are fundamentally changing connectivity in East Africa.

In Burkina Faso, peer pressure – not just checkbook diplomacy – helped motivate the switch from Taiwan.

An overemphasis on the challenges posed by Chinese aid to Africa can conceal the difficulty of providing credible alternatives.

Japan has a long, albeit low-key, history of high-quality infrastructure projects in African countries.

China’s presence in Africa has been unfairly vilified. In Zambia, however, this criticism is unusually apt.

Japanese investment in Africa naturally invites comparison with the activities of China in the same region.

FOCAC is not all about economics. China is also making great contributions to peace and security on the continent.

The right question is what African leaders will do to demand what Africans need.

Slight shifts in focus reveal China's attempts to shed accusations of “neocolonialism” once and for all.

China's struggles with multiculturalism and race issues will hinder its soft power overseas.

China is here to stay, and Western and African countries alike should make the most of it.

China is playing an unusually direct role in Sierra Leone's presidential campaign.

China is doing more than building roads in Africa. It's also curing patients.

China's questionable practices and laissez-faire attitude are buying it a reputation similar to the colonial powers that once tormented it.