
(Ater years of relatively trouble-free development, 2016 marked a turning point in the China-Africa relationship, amid turbulent changes in the global economic and political order.)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) leads the way for Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma (L) during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 1, 2016.
Ernest Bai Koroma is on an offical state visit to China. / AFP / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

(Ater years of relatively trouble-free development, 2016 marked a turning point in the China-Africa relationship, amid turbulent changes in the global economic and political order.)