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Mapping China’s expansive African aviation infrastructure projects

Xi Jinping and the seeding of China's airliner export market

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As part China’s One Belt, One Road initiative (BRI), President Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to African leaders gathered in Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on Sept. 3 for investment of an additional $60 billion for projects across the continent. The loans and grants will cover everything from infrastructure development, security arrangements, natural disaster assistance and food security programs.

Chinese development projects on the continent anything but new and investments widespread across a range of industries. The funding has, at times, brought controversy and sharply increased debt to worrying levels, according to the International Monetary Fund. But as part of China’s involvement on the continent, the country’s Exim bank, airport development organizations and state-owned construction companies have fanned out across the continent, pumping billions of grants and loans to modernize aviation infrastructure.

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Jon Ostrower
Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, where he leads coverage of the global aerospace and aviation industries. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Mr. Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network’s global coverage of the business and operations of aviation. Mr. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and a half years at the Wall Street Journal. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C., he covered Boeing, aviation safety, and the business of global aerospace. Before that, Mr. Ostrower was editor of FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. He is also an instructor at the University of Southern California in the Viterbi School of Engineering's Aviation Safety and Security program. Mr. Ostrower, a Boston native, graduated from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor’s degree in Political Communication. He is based in Seattle.
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