 | Graphic showing trade figures between China and Sudan. Chinese President Hu Jintao has offered Sudan assistance for the peaceful resolution of the Darfur conflict but ignored Western pressure to make future aid conditional on the progress made click to open  |
 | Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with his Zambian counterpart Levy Mwanawasa after a signing ceremony in Lusaka. Hu has unveiled more than 800 million dollars in investment and debt waivers as he toured Zambia, where escalating anti-Sino feelings have forced Lusaka to tone down his programme. click to open |
 | China's President Hu Jintao (R) and his Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave after inspecting a guard of honour at Khartoum airport February 2, 2007. Hu pledged a new level of cooperation between Beijing and its third-largest African trading partner at the start of the Chinese leader's first visit to Sudan on Friday. click to open |
 | Chinese oil workers at a joint Chinese-Sudanese refinery greet China's visiting President Hu Jintao on Friday in Aljaili on Friday Feb 2 2007. Chinese President Hu Jintao urged his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir on Friday to work harder to bring more Darfur rebels into the peace process, a Sudanese official and the state-run SUNA news agency said. Hu raised the issue during a closed-door meeting during the Chinese leader's landmark visit, the first ever by a Chinese president to Sudan. click to open |
 | A woman holds a placard with China's President Hu Jintao's picture on his arrival in Liberia's capital Monrovia, February 1, 2007. click to open |
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