With debts unpaid and Ethiopia on the brink of collapse, China's decades-old Africa strategy may be starting to change.
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Sitting in the train car’s freshly upholstered seat, Ethiopia’s transport minister Workneh Gebeyehu leaned forward as he spoke to a reporter from the state broadcaster, China Central Television.
“This is really a game changer for the economy of this land,” he said, proudly.
It was October 2016, and Gebeyehu was showing off the brand new, 472-mile train line linking Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, to its neighbor on the Red Sea, Djibouti. Over 90 percent of Ethiopia’s inte
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