you know an uptake of loans by african countries and african governments so far the chinese africa research institute puts three countries in africa which do all that debt to china and it's it's a worrying trend and that's the beauty which holds about seventy seven percent of its national debt to china the democratic republic of congo which china's seven point one billion dollars and which i was trying to six point one billion dollars catherine i mean chinese policymakers clearly see the african continent as one of its main supplies for natural resources it doesn't see anything but you all not does it have any big plans for that partnership. or during his keynote speech chinese president xi jinping did talk about deepening relations in terms of areas like climate change and health as you can recall during the outbreak china did play a pivotal role in west in west africa but also then looking at starting a peace and security body within the continent and we already seeing chinese peacekeepers very active in countries like south sudan and mali and catherine is there anything that germany can learn from

you know an uptake of loans by african countries and african governments so far the chinese africa research institute puts three countries in africa which do all that debt to china and it's a worrying trend and that's the beauty which is about seventy seven percent of its national debt to china the democratic republic of congo which china seven point one billion dollars and which i was trying to six point one billion dollars catherine i mean chinese policymakers clearly see the african continent as one of its main supplies for natural resources but doesn't see anything but you all not does it have any big plans for that partnership. during his keynote speech a chinese president xi jinping did talk about deepening relations in terms of areas like climate change and health as you can recall during the outbreak china did play a pivotal role in west in west africa but also they're looking at starting a peace and security body within the continent and we're ready seeing chinese peacekeepers very active in countries like south sudan and mali and catherine is there anything that germany can learn from china