The Conversation published on 29 May 2023 an article titled "China in Africa: Kenya Railway Study Shows Investment Projects Aren't a One-way Street" by Gediminas Lesutis, University of Amsterdam, and Zhengli Huang, Tongji University.
The study concluded that the decisions of Chinese state-owned enterprises in Kenya do not necessarily present a grand Chinese strategy. Instead, they result from changing political and economic circumstances in China, and reflect both state and private Chinese interests. The China Road and Bridge Corportation constantly shifted its strategies on Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway.
