Sydoine Moudouma says it can be difficult for the Chinese as relative outsiders to operate in Gabon when the country retains such close links to the French.
Although China's increased involvement in Gabon is a recent development, diplomatic links between the two countries were first established in 1974. This followed Gabon's wish to expand political ties and Omar Bongo taking power in 1967.
As dusk falls on Addis Ababa, it is easy to spot the shadows of the giant cranes that are busy laying the rails for Ethiopia's ambitious light-rail transit system.
Chinese company sows the seeds of agricultural cooperation in Zimbabwe
Although the Chinese government has expressed its eagerness to transform China from being the world's manufacturing hub to a knowledge economy, it needs to tread carefully, a Cambridge University professor says.
Chinese companies have borrowed enormous amounts in recent years, with the total outstanding corporate debt reaching an estimated $1.3 trillion (946 billion euros) this year, about 1.5 times China's GDP. Most of this borrowing is from banks, but the growing proportion of corporate borrowing through bond issues has driven China's bond market, now around $4.8 trillion, to become the world's fourth-largest after the United States, Japan and the European Union. Corporate bonds have been the fastest growing part of China's bond market boom, with total amounts borrowed by Chinese companies in that market increasing 10 fold in seven years.
Never have economists been so polarized in their views about China.
Spring has finally arrived across Europe and with it the start of the holiday season. Tourists from all over the world will doubtless flock to the numerous European tourist destinations and once again a dramatic increase in the numbers from the Chinese mainland is predicted.
Zhou Xiaochuan, head of the People's Bank of China, shed new light on the central bank's policies on interest rate liberalization and the yuan's exchange rate in the latest Bo'ao Forum for Asia.
Real estate projects in the capital's surrounding areas are the stars of the Beijing International Property Spring Expo this year, but experts and potential buyers are warning of rising risks as prices surge.
Regulation of listed companies and securities firms will be based on the location they go public and gain business licenses under a pilot program of cross-market stock investment by Chinese mainland and Hong Kong investors, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on Friday.
Shanghai-based Zendai Group, the parent company of Hong Kong-listed Zendai Property Ltd, will invest more than 80 billion rand ($7.6 billion) over the next 20 years to develop a mixed-use property project in Johannesburg.