Source: China Daily
xinhuanet.com
11 October 2007

BEIJING, - In Africa, most notably the East African nation of Kenya, Beijing has entered a new phase in diplomatic fellowship. Whereas Beijing has been lauded in relieving debts throughout much of Africa, in Kenya, however, friendship has been forged in the unbreakable bond that is concrete and steel, literally.

In short, China is building Kenya's infrastructure. Through both private Chinese companies and public offerings from Beijing, Kenya is building one road, one bridge, and one Chinese overpass at a time. And never has it been more welcomed.

Each month, Kenya adds 5,000 cars to the road in comparison to China's 5,000 each day, but in a nation of 33 million people, Kenya's 5,000 per month problem is no small matter. Nowhere is the problem more pronounced than in the capital city of Nairobi, East Africa's economic hub. It is here in Nairobi that politicians, businessmen, and citizens struggle with the inconvenience of a road infrastructure that simply does not work.

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