China–Gabon relations

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China–Gabon relations

China

Gabon

China–Gabon relations refer to the foreign relations between China and Gabon. On April 20, 1974, China established diplomatic relations with Gabon.[1]

Chinese development finance to Gabon

From 2000 to 2011, there are approximately 25 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Gabon through various media reports.[2] These projects range from extending a concessionary loan of $83.1 million to fund the Grand Poubara Dam in 2008,[3] to the construction of the Stade de l’Amitié, also known as the ‘friendship stadium'.[4]

References

  1. httrelationsp://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183529.htm
  2. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.http://china.aiddata.org
  3. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/85
  4. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/517