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 | Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi reads the Declaration of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation as other African leaders listen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 5, 2006. Chinese and African leaders wrapped up their biggest summit since the founding of Communist China in 1949 on Sunday, signing deals worth $1.9 billion as Beijing builds its influence in the resource-rich continent. click to open  |  | African leaders greet each other after the reading of the Declaration of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 5, 2006. Chinese and African leaders wrapped up their biggest summit since the founding of Communist China in 1949 on Sunday, signing deals worth $1.9 billion as Beijing builds its influence in the resource-rich continent. click to open |  | China's President Hu Jintao (C) watches Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L) and President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso shake hands at the opening ceremony of the China-Africa Summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 4, 2006. China will provide $5 billion in loans and credits to Africa over the coming three years and double aid to the backward but resource rich continent by 2009, Hu said on Saturday. Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana (rear L) and Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki are seated at the back. click to open |
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