Diplomacy & Power April 11, 2026 372 stories in this edition

Does this Kenyan rail project provide a model for Chinese and Western firms in Africa?

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Jevans Nyabiage
Does this Kenyan rail project provide a model for Chinese and Western firms in Africa?

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Western governments and financiers increasingly avoid infrastructure projects that involve a Chinese presence as their geopolitical and economic rivalries intensify. Yet the Nairobi Railway City project stands as a rare exception. It combines British financing with Chinese construction and labour to build a major new public transport hub in the Kenyan capital. At the heart of the project is the proposed new Central s...

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Western governments and financiers increasingly avoid infrastructure projects that involve a Chinese presence as their geopolitical and economic rivalries intensify. Yet the Nairobi Railway City project stands as a rare...

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