Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sudan top target for Chinese investment in Africa

(Reuters) - The biggest target for Chinese investment in Africa is Sudan, the oil-producing country facing mounting international pressure over rights abuses in Darfur, according to figures released by a U.N. agency on Tuesday.

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said Sudan received $351.5 million in Chinese direct investment in 2005, the latest period for which data was available, making it Beijing's ninth-largest target for such flows worldwide.


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