Ethiopian Airlines mulling flights to China's tech hubs

Ethiopian Airlines is mulling flights to the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, has in recent years been known as an emerging technology hub and home to e-commerce giant Alibaba. Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of ET, said Sunday the air carrier is mulling Hangzhou as its next destination as part of its plan to attract more Chinese tourists and business people. Private investment from China to Ethiopia in 2017, up to September 5, has reached more than US$680m, outpacing the entire 2016 figures of $560m. China is the single largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ethiopia for the last several years, as Ethiopia bids to attract Chinese expertise and money for its industrialization ambitions.<br/>