China's deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo signals a move away from its heavily criticised engagements in pariah states such as Sudan and Zimbabwe.
The infrastructure projects, which will benefit millions of poor Congolese, are in stark contrast to its arms deals to Khartoum and Harare, which have provoked demonstrations around the world in the run-up to next month's Olympic Games.
Sudan exports 60 per cent of its oil to China, earning President Omar al-Bashir's regime more than £3 billion in annual revenues which critics say have been used to fund the war in the province of Darfur, which has claimed more than 300,000 lives.
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