Experts endorse China's new pledge to Africa

Contrary to Western claims, experts in Sino-Africa relations believe the recent $10 billion pledge in new low-cost loans by China to Africa will further boost trade, commodity exports and infrastructure development rather than plunge the continent into further debt.

China's premier, Wen Jiabao, last week pledged the loans for the next three years at a China-Africa summit in Egypt and defended China's engagement against accusations it is "plundering" the continent's oil and minerals.

The loan pledge was double a commitment made in 2006 and came during a summit at which delegates from both sides stressed their ties go beyond the Chinese acquisition of raw materials.

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