Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is “plundering” the continent's oil and minerals.
Mr Wen's pledge at a China-Africa summit in Egypt yesterday came as he urged the US to keep its deficit at an “appropriate size” to ensure the “basic stability” of the dollar.
China is the biggest holder of US government debt and Mr Wen was reinforcing comments he made in March when he expressed concern that Washington's deficit would erode the value of its US dollar assets.
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