China sells aircraft to Egypt and Kenya and Jane’s Defence Forecasts suggests that there are potential opportunities for China to sell light strike aircraft such as the K-8 and the JF-17 multirole combat aircraft in Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya The An Yue Jiang, a Chinese container vessel carrying an arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe. Photo by Clinton Wyness. FOI 2009 China’s emerging role in Africa 15 and Morocco. In late 2004, China reached a deal to sell 12 FC-1 fighter jets and 100 military vehicles to Zimbabwe for approximately $200 million. According to one source, China sold Ethiopia and its neighbour, Eritrea, an estimated $1 billion worth of weapons before and during their border war from 1998 and 2000.