China- Africa watch news roundup

Sanusha Naidu compiles a list of the top stories on Sino-African relations.

Cheap freight, OPEC boost Asia use of W.Africa oil
Asia oil giants eye $3 billion stake in Kosmos Energy: sources
Ethiopia: Kenya and India sign IT transfer deal
Tibet's Dalai Lama welcome in SAfrica: New FM
New challenges of Chinese foreign and security policy
Distant Holy Grail: China's Consumers
China’s Heart of Gold
The Almighty Renminbi?
China's Affluent Youth Boom
Interview: China sets up example for Africans to create miracle through self-reliance
Eritrea: Ambassador Alem Holds Talks With Singaporean Government Officials
India and China just BRICs in the wall
Donors look to infrastructure to save Africa from recession
Standard Bank, ICBC to fund Botswana power plant
African academics call for the establishment of a strategy with China
Chinese exports fall sharply
First Rand wins banking licence in India
European biofuels firms scramble for 'idle' lands in poor countries
Uganda Opens Avenues of Growth for Indian SMEs
AFRICA: Tractored out by “land grabs”?
EIB and EU-Africa Infrastructure trust fund in Mozambique
China’s “String of Pearls” strategy around India in tatters
Roads Minister leaves for China
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Meets with Egyptian Senior Coordinators for Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Affairs
India asks Africa to keep doors open to generic drug imports
58,000 mass incidents in China in first quarter as unrest grows to largest ever recorded
Zambia Sees ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for Economy as Copper Rebounds
Zambia NFC Africa Mining To Take Over Luanshya –Union
White paper released on foreign aid policy
China quake: From rubble, civil society builds
Chinese deal threatens IMF aid for Congo
Angola: Bengo province to have a further 100 factories