China in Africa

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

China has become the biggest lender on the African continent. The Nairobi-to-Mombasa railway is a symbol of Kenya's ambitions. But critics say China is saddling Kenya with unsustainable debt.

China has definitely risen. NPR's correspondents set out to find out what that entails, reporting from more than a dozen countries across the globe.