US' new Africa strategy is 'welcomed by China'

After many years during which it was primarily concerned with security issues in Africa, the United States is now taking a more practical and humble approach to the continent, Chinese development experts said.

The US is instead focusing on infrastructure projects and trade relations, which have long been at the heart of the China-Africa relationship.

This strategy is in line with the US' stated goal in recent years of "catching up with China and winning in Africa", a move that aims to counter China's growing economic and political influence around the continent.