Is China’s risk tolerance reaching its limit with pause of African mine deal?

As China’s relationship with African countries has deepened, the country’s influence is spreading into more areas. In the latest of a series of articles, Dulue Mbachu investigates the extent of Chinese investments in the continent and Beijing’s growing wariness about their security.Chinese regulators balked at Zijin Mining’s planned US$4 billion acquisition of Canadian company Allied Gold, placing it on hold to scrutinise the potential risks.As a result, the agreement for the deal, already approved by Canadian and African" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="103918" data-entity-type="location">West African regulators, was extended to July 29, according to the Toronto-registered company.