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Africa–China relations
Sino-African relations refers to the historical, political, economic,
Africa–People's Republic of
military, social and cultural connections between China and the African
China relations
continent.

Little is known about ancient relations between China and the African
continent, though there is some evidence of early trade connections.
Highlights of medieval contacts were the 14th-century journey of Ibn
Battuta, the Moroccan scholar and traveller, to parts of China;[1] the
14th-century visit of Sa'id of Mogadishu, the Somali scholar and
explorer, to China;[2] and the 15th-century Ming dynasty voyages of Africa
Chinese admiral Zheng He and his fleet, which rounded the coast of
Somalia, passing the Ajuran Sultanate, and followed the coast down to China
the Mozambique Channel.[3][4]
Africa–Republic of China
Modern political and economic relations commenced in the era of Mao relations
Zedong, the first leader of the Chinese Communist Party, following the
Chinese Civil War. Starting in the 21st century, the modern state of the Africa
People's Republic of China has built increasingly strong economic ties with
Taiwan
Africa. There are an estimated one million Chinese citizens residing in
Africa.[5] Additionally, it has been estimated
that 200,000 Africans are working in
China.[6]:99 As of 2018, Swaziland is the only
African country to have relations with
Taiwan.

Trade between China (PRC) and Africa

increased by 700% during the 1990s,[7] and
China is currently Africa's largest trading
partner.[8] The Forum on China–Africa
Cooperation (FOCAC) was established in
October 2000 as an official forum to greatly
strengthen the relationship. A few Western
countries, such as the United Kingdom and
A map indicating trading routes used around the 1st century CE
the United States, have become concerned centred on the Silk Road
over the significant political, economic and
military roles China is playing in the African
continent.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasises China's developmental engagements with Africa while also stating
that China and Africa are making "joint efforts to maintain the lawful rights of developing countries and push forward
the creation of a new, fair and just political and economic order in the world".[9]

Contents
Historical relations

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Contemporary relations
Diplomacy
Economic
Aid
Health care
Military
Culture
Criticism
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Historical relations
China and Africa have a history of trade relations, sometimes through third
parties, dating back as far as 202 BC and AD 220.[10] The first mention of
Africa in Chinese sources was in the Yu-yang-tsa-tsu by Tuan Ch'eng-shih
(died 863), a compendium of general knowledge where he wrote about the
land of Po-pa-li (referring to Somalia).

It's believed the first Africans to ever contact with the Chinese were the
Somalis from the Ajuran Empire. Archaeological excavations at Mogadishu
in Ajuran Empire and Kilwa, Tanzania have recovered many coins from
China. The majority of the Chinese coins date to the Song Dynasty,
although the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty are also represented,
according to Richard Pankhurst.[11] In 1226 Chao Jukua, commissioner of
foreign trade at Quanzhou in the Fujian province of China, completed his
Chu-fan-chih (Description of Barbarous Peoples) which discusses
Zanzibar (Ts'ong-pa) and Somalia (Pi-P'a-Lo).[12]

In addition, giraffes, zebras and incense were exported to the Ming Empire
of China, making Somali merchants leaders in the commerce between Asia
and Africa.[13] and influencing the Chinese language on Somali in the
process.

In the 14th century, Moroccan traveler and scholar Ibn Battuta made a
long journey to Africa and Asia. He reached China in April 1345 after a stay
A giraffe brought from Somalia in
in India before serving as an envoy of Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq of the the twelfth year of Yongle (AD
Indian Tughlaq dynasty to China.[1][14] He wrote:[15] 1415).

China is the safest, best regulated of countries for a traveler.

A man may go by himself on a nine-month journey, carrying
with him a large sum of money, without any fear. Silk is used
for clothing even by poor monks and beggars. Its porcelains
are the finest of all makes of pottery and its hens are bigger
than geese in our country.

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The Ming Dynasty voyages of Chinese admiral Zheng He and his fleet, which rounded the coast of Somalia and
followed the coast down to the Mozambique Channel. The goal of those expeditions was to spread Chinese culture and
signal Chinese strength. Zheng brought gifts and granted titles from the Ming emperor to the local rulers, with the aim
of establishing a large number of tributary states.[3] In October 1415, Chinese explorer and admiral Zheng He reached
the eastern coast of Africa and sent the first of two giraffes as gifts to the Chinese Yongle Emperor.[16]

There are some other accounts that mention Chinese ships sinking near Lamu Island in Kenya in 1415. Survivors are
said to have settled in the island and married local women.[17][18]

Archaeologists have found Chinese porcelains made during the Tang dynasty (618–907) in Kenyan villages; however,
these were believed to have been brought over by Zheng He during his 15th century ocean voyages.[19] On Lamu Island
off the Kenyan coast, local oral tradition maintains that 20 shipwrecked Chinese sailors, possibly part of Zheng's fleet,
washed up on shore there hundreds of years ago. Given permission to settle by local tribes after having killed a
dangerous python, they converted to Islam and married local women. Now, they are believed to have just six
descendants left there; in 2002, DNA tests conducted on one of the women confirmed that she was of Chinese descent.
Her daughter, Mwamaka Sharifu, later received a PRC government scholarship to study traditional Chinese medicine
(TCM) in China.[20][21][22]

National Geographic also published an article by Frank Viviano in July 2005, he visited Pate Island during the time he
stayed on Lamu, ceramic fragments had been found around Lamu which the administrative officer of the local Swahili
history museum claimed were of Chinese origin, specifically from Zheng He's voyage to east Africa. The eyes of the
Pate people resembled Chinese and Famao and Wei were some of the names among them which were speculated to be
of Chinese origin. Their ancestors were said to be from indigenous women who intermarried with Chinese Ming sailors
when they were shipwrecked. Two places on Pate were called "Old Shanga", and "New Shanga", which the Chinese
sailors had named. A local guide who claimed descent from the Chinese showed Frank a graveyard made out of coral
on the island, indicating that they were the graves of the Chinese sailors, which the author described as "virtually
identical", to Chinese Ming dynasty tombs, complete with "half-moon domes" and "terraced entries".[23]

According to Melanie Yap and Daniel Leong Man in their book "Colour, Confusions and Concessions: the History of
Chinese in South Africa", Chu Ssu-pen, a Chinese mapmaker, in 1320 had southern Africa drawn on one of his maps.
Ceramics found in Zimbabwe and South Africa dated back to Song dynasty China. Some tribes to Cape Town's north
claimed descent from Chinese sailors during the 13th century, their physical appearance is similar to Chinese with
paler skin and a Mandarin sounding tonal language. Their name for themselves is "abandoned people", Awatwa in
their language.[24]

Contemporary relations
The establishment of modern Sino-African relations dates back to the late 1950s when China signed the first official
bilateral trade agreement with Algeria, Egypt, Guinea, Somalia, Morocco and Sudan. Zhou Enlai made a ten-country
tour to Africa between December 1963 and January 1964. Relations at that time were often reflective of China's foreign
policy in general: China "began to cultivate ties and offer ... economic, technical and military support to African
countries and liberation movements in an effort to encourage wars of national liberation and revolution as part of an
international united front against both superpowers".[25]

Diplomacy
Early modern bilateral relations were mainly affected by the Cold War and the communist ideology. China originally
had close ties with the anti-apartheid and liberation movement, African National Congress (ANC), in South Africa, but
as China's relations with the Soviet Union worsened and the ANC moved closer to the Soviet Union, China shifted
away from the ANC towards the Pan-Africanist Congress.[26] China adopted several principles, among them
supporting the independence of African countries while investing in infrastructure projects. The Somali Democratic

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Republic established good relations with the Soviet Union throughout the
Cold War era. When Somalia sought to create a Greater Somalia, it
declared war on Ethiopia, with the aid of the Soviet Union, Somalia took
the Ogaden region in three months, but the Soviet Union shifted its
support from Somalia to Ethiopia, and Ethiopia retook the Ogaden region.
This angered Siad Barre, and expelled all Soviets advisors and citizens from
Somalia, but Somalia maintained good relations with China, which
segrated with the traditional Russian Communism. During the Cold War a
few smaller nations also entered in alliances with China, such as Burundi
under Michel Micombero.
Members of FOCAC
The question of Taiwan has been a key political issue for the People's
Republic of China (PRC). In 1971, the support of African nations was
crucial in the PRC joining the United Nations (UN), taking over the seat of
the ROC on Taiwan.[27] Many African countries, such as Algeria, Egypt and
Zambia have stressed their support to "one-China policy". Only one African
country, Swaziland, still maintains relations with Taipei.[28] For the quest
of a permanent UN seat for Africa, Nigeria, the largest African country,
relies on Chinese support while Egypt looks to U.S. backing.[29]

Since 1997, around 40 African heads of state have visited the PRC.[30] The
China's permanent seat in the UN in
ministerial meeting, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held in
Africa and the diplomatic game of
Beijing in October 2000 was the first collective dialogue between the PRC "two Chinas" in Africa
and African nations.

Economic
In 1980, the total Sino-African trade volume was US$1 billion.[8] In 1999, it was US$6.5 billion[31] and in 2000, US$10
billion.[8] By 2005, the total Sino-African trade had reached US$39.7 billion before it jumped to US$55 billion in 2006,
making China the second largest trading partner of Africa after the United States, which had trade worth US$91 billion
with African nations. The PRC also passed the traditional African economic partner and former colonial power France,
which had trade worth US$47 billion.[32] In 2010, trade between Africa and China was worth US$114 billion[8] and in
2011, US$166.3 billion.[33] In the first 10 months of 2012 it was US$163.9 billion.[33]

There are an estimated 800 Chinese corporations doing business in Africa, most of which are private companies
investing in the infrastructure, energy and banking sectors.[34] Unconditional and low-rate credit lines (rates at 1.5%
over 15 years to 20 years)[35] have taken the place of the more restricted and conditional Western loans.[34] Since
2000, more than $10bn in debt owed by African nations to the PRC has been canceled.[35]

One-third of China's oil supplies comes from the African continent, mainly from Angola.[36] Investments of Chinese
companies in the energy sector have reached high levels in recent years. In some cases, like in Nigeria and Angola, oil
and gas exploration and production deals reached more than $2 billion.[37][38] Many of those investments are mixed
packages of aid and loan in exchange for infrastructure building and trade deals.

In agriculture, Benin and the Sahel countries of Burkina Faso and Mali supply up to 20% of China's cotton needs.
While Côte d'Ivoire supplies China with cocoa,[39] large shipments of coffee are imported from Kenya. As for fish
products, Namibia remains one of the main providers.[34]

During the year 2011, trade between Africa and China increased a staggering 33% from the previous year to US $166
billion. This included Chinese imports from Africa equalling US $93 billion, consisting largely of mineral ores,
petroleum, and agricultural products and Chinese exports to Africa totalling $93 billion, consisting largely of
manufactured goods.[40] Outlining the rapidly expanding trade between the African continent and China, trade
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between these two areas of the world increased further by over 22% year-over-year to US $80.5 billion during the first
five months of the year 2012.[40] Imports from Africa were up 25.5% to $49.6 billion during these first five months of
2012 and exports of Chinese-made products, such as machinery, electrical and consumer goods and clothing/footwear
increased 17.5% to reach $30.9 billion.[40] China remained Africa's largest trading partner during 2011 for the fourth
consecutive year (starting in 2008).

The need to protect China's increased investments in Africa have driven a shift away from China's traditional non-
interference in the internal matters of other countries to new diplomatic and military initiatives to try to resolve unrest
in South Sudan and Mali.[41]

During the December 2015 FOCAC meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $60
billion over a three-year deal in loans and assistance to the African continent.[42] China's effort is to support factories
manufacturing goods for export. Along with roads and ports, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari showed his
desire to finish stalled railway projects along the coastline, specifically a 1400 km railway from Lagos to Calabar
representing approximately 200,000 jobs.[43]

Aid
China strongly supported African Independence Movements and gave aid to newly independent African nations in the
1960s and 1970s. Among the most notable early projects was the 1,860 km TAZARA Railway, linking Zambia and
Tanzania, which China helped to finance and build from 1970 to 1975.[44] Some 50,000 Chinese engineers and workers
sent to the continent to complete the project. By 1978, China was giving aid to more African countries than the United
States.[45] Since China is becoming a major donor for Africa, there is need for African governments to formulate
appropriate mechanisms in order to make use of it towards advancing African economies.[46]

Health care
China has been engaged in a kind of "health diplomacy" towards Africa since the 1960s. Health care development and
medical assistance have been one of the main successful areas of cooperation. Between the early 1960s and 2005,
more than 15,000 Chinese doctors have been sent to Africa to help treat different cases in more than 47 countries.[47]
The medical teams, known as yiliaodui, have treated more than 170 million patients during the same period.[48]

In 2001, the member nations of G8, formed the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria with an initial budget of $10 billion. In 2007, another additional $1.1 billion was approved in Kunming, China,
of which 66% was dedicated to Africa.[49] In September of the same year, China promised the Democratic Republic of
the Congo to build 31 hospital units and 145 smaller health care centers, a project due to be completed in March
2010.[50][51]

Military
Military cooperation goes back to the Cold War period when China was keen to help African liberation movements.
Apart from some traditional allies such as Somalia and Uganda, China also had military ties with non-aligned
countries such as Egypt. Military equipment worth $142 million was sold to African countries between 1955 and
1977.[35] Two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, military relations are now based on business interests
rather than ideology.

More recently, China has sent troops to the continent to participate in peacekeeping. In 2004, China deployed around
1,500 military personnel under the UN umbrella, dispatched between Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,[35] though only since 2011 has it sent infantry troops describable (arguably) as 'combat' forces.[52] China also
has military attachés 14 attachés in 14 different African countries as of 2007, while there are 18 African countries who
maintain their attachés in Beijing.[53] Apart from peacemaking, China provides military training and equipment to a

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few countries, though this does not require military forces to be deployed. During the December 2015 FOCAC meeting
in Johannesburg, South Africa, Chinese President Xi Jinping restated "China strongly believes Africa belongs to the
African people and African problems should be handled by the African people."[42] China's latest military efforts are to
combat terrorist radicalism, and not the local African conflicts.

An increasing number of African countries have shifted their source of supply from traditional providers such as
Russia to China due in part to the competitive prices offered by Chinese suppliers.[54] Arms sales by China to some
African states have troubled Western critics who point out some buyers like Sudan are accused of war crimes.[55]

In contrast to critics, Carter Ham, a former US Army General in charge of U.S. Africa Command, spoke in favor of the
benefits and potential cooperation between China and the US in the African military sphere, offering as examples
Chinese supplied patrol boats to the DRC military and building by Chinese contractors of a military institute in
Tanzania as Chinese hardware that could be combined with US training to form joint assistance for African
militaries.[56][57]

In July 2017, China set up its first overseas military base at Djibouti in Africa.

Culture
Africa is a host of three Chinese cultural centers. The first overseas Chinese
center was opened in Mauritius in 1988.[58] Two other followed in Egypt
and Benin. The Confucius Institute, which focuses on the promotion of the
Chinese language and culture, has 20 centers distributed around 13 African
countries.[59]

Historically, little is known about early African immigration to China. Due

to recent developments in relations, many have been relocating for better
opportunities. Places dubbed 'Little Africa' and 'Chocolate city' are
Foreign students at Huazhong
increasingly receiving new immigrants, mostly Nigerians. Most of the
Agricultural University, Wuhan
African immigrants are concentrated in the area of Guangzhou with an
estimated number of 20,000.[60] It is estimated that there are around
10,000 illegal African immigrants in China and police crackdowns have intensified since early 2009.[61]

In contrast, early Chinese immigration to the African continent is slightly better documented. In 1724, a few Chinese
convicts were brought as labourers to South Africa from the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) by the colonial
Dutch Empire. In the early 19th century, another wave of immigrants came to South Africa as workers brought by the
British to work in agriculture, infrastructure building and mining.[62] In recent years, there has been an increasing
presence of Chinese in Africa with one estimate numbering Chinese nationals at one million.

Criticism
There are a variety of critical perspectives scrutinizing the Chinese role in the relationship focused on the balance of
the power relationship and human rights. Western countries have been the main source of accusations that China is a
neo-colonist in Africa.[63][64] As a response to such criticism, China issued the Nine Principles to Encourage and
Standardise Enterprises' Overseas Investment, a charter and guide of conduct to Chinese companies operating
abroad.[65]

The China-Zimbabwe relationship drew the attention of such critics. China was accused of supplying Zimbabwe with
jet fighters, vehicles and other military equipment.[66] China declared in 2007 that it was dropping all kinds of
assistance and limiting assistance to humanitarian aid.[67] In July 2008, the Chinese diplomacy asked Mugabe "to
behave" though critics see that as a way for China to protect its own interests in this country should a regime
change.[68]
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Another high-profile event involving critics of China in Africa was in the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Human rights groups criticized China for its supportive relationship with the government of Sudan, which is accused
of mass killings in Darfur.[69][70] China is Sudan's largest economic partner, with a 40% share in their oil,[71] and also
sells Sudan small arms.[72] China has threatened to veto UN Security Council actions to combat the Darfur crisis,[73]
and has argued that, "As the Darfur issue is not an internal affair of China, nor was it caused by China, to link the two
together is utterly unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair."[74]

Other criticisms are economic in nature including the claim that African markets are harmed by low-cost Chinese-
made products, which put great competitive pressure on local industries and businesses.[75] While some argue that
PRC's involvement currently benefits primarily the elites, there have been instances of economic trickle-down
effects.[76]

See also
List of People's Republic of China diplomatic missions
List of diplomatic missions of the Republic of China
Sino-Third World relations
Caribbean–People's Republic of China relations
Sino-Pacific relations
AU Conference Center and Office Complex

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Further reading
Freeman-Grenville, G.P.S., ed. (1975). The East African Coast. Select Documents form the first to the earlier
nineteenth century. London: Rex Collings.
Snow, Philip (1988). The Star Raft: China's encounter with Africa. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 1-
55584-184-8.
Taylor, I. (1998). "China's foreign policy towards Africa in the 1990s". Journal of Modern African Studies. 36 (3).
pp. 443–460. doi:10.1017/S0022278X98002857 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X98002857).
Cornelissen, Scarlett; Taylor, Ian (2000). "The Political Economy of China and Japan's Relationship with Africa: a
Comparative Perspective". Pacific Review. 13 (4): 615–633. doi:10.1080/095127400455350 (https://doi.org/10.10
80/095127400455350).
Muekalia, D.J. (2004). "Africa and China's strategic partnership". African Security Review. 13 (1). pp. 5–11.
Taylor, Ian (2006). China and Africa: Engagement and Compromise. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-39740-5.
Alden, Chris (2007). China in Africa: Partner, Competitor or Hegemon?. Zed Books. ISBN 1-84277-864-1.
Breslin, Shaun; Taylor, Ian (2008). "Explaining the Rise of 'Human Rights' in Analyses of Sino-African Relations".
Review of African Political Economy. 35 (115): 59–71. doi:10.1080/03056240802011469 (https://doi.org/10.1080/0
3056240802011469).
Hellström, Jerker (2009). China's Emerging Role in Africa: a Strategic Overview (https://www.academia.edu/5475
886/Chinas_Emerging_Role_in_Africa_a_Strategic_Overview_2009_). Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).
ISBN 1-84277-864-1.
Taylor, Ian (2009). China's New Role in Africa. Boulder: Zed Books. ISBN 1-58826-636-2.
Wyatt, Don J. (2009). The Blacks of Premodern China (https://books.google.com/books?id=UMIKjFQB98MC&pg=
PA102). Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-4193-2.
Brautigam, Deborah (2010). The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa. Oxford University Press.
ISBN 978-0-19-955022-7.
Taylor, Ian (2011). The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). London: Routledge. ISBN 0415628512.
Caniglia, Laura (2011). "Western ostracism and China's presence in Africa" (http://cin.sagepub.com/content/25/2.t
oc). China Information. 25 (2). Retrieved 2012-08-28.
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Hsu, J, T Hildebrandt, and R Hasmath (2016). "'Going Out' or Staying In? The Expansion of Chinese NGOs in
Africa (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dpr.12157/abstract)". Development Policy Review. 34 (3): 423-
439.
Calabrese, Linda (ed.) (2016). "China-Africa: a maturing relationship? Growth, change and resilience" (https://deg
rp.odi.org/publication/china-africa-a-maturing-relationship-growth-change-and-resilience/). London: DFID-ESRC
Growth Research Programme.
Taylor, Ian (2017). China’s Aid to Africa: Does Friendship Really Matter?. London: Routledge.
ISBN 9781138630390.
Calabrese, Linda (2017). Chinese investment and knowledge transfer in Africa. (https://degrp.odi.org/publication/c
hinese-investment-and-knowledge-transfer-in-africa/) London: DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme.

External links
Academic research

The Balancing Act of China's Africa Policy (http://www.wsichina.org/cs7_2.pdf) - (Wenping, He) Institute of West-
Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. China Security Vol. 3 No. 3 Summer 2007
The Forest for the Trees: Trade, Investment and the China-in-Africa Discourse (http://www.tni.org/archives/acts/for
estfortrees-sautman.pdf) - (Sautman, Barry) Hong Kong University of Science & Technology / (Hairong, Yan)
University of Hong Kong 28 May 2007
Zhiqun Zhu (2007). "China's New Diplomacy in Africa (post 1990)" (http://sloc.cafe24.com/upload/publication01/2
007B06.pdf) (PDF). Pr. of International Political Economy and Diplomacy of Bridgeport, USA.

Media special reports

Africa-China Trade (https://web.archive.org/web/20090311160010/http://media.ft.com/cms/e13530f4-c9df-11dc-b5

dc-000077b07658.pdf) - Financial Times
Africa-China (http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/africa_china/) - Pambazuka.org, an African social justice
watchdog

Media articles

The summit in Beijing (http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/38845), Stephen Marks for

Pambazuka.org - 14 December 2006
China in Africa: Developing ties (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7118941.stm), BBC News - 29 November 2007

Institutional links

China's role in development in Africa: Challenging the EU approach (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/bibli

otheque/briefing/2013/130521/LDM_BRI(2013)130521_REV1_EN.pdf), Gisela Grieger, Library Briefing, Library of
the European Parliament, 8 May 2013
Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2008/03/wang.htm) - Finance &
Development, a quarterly magazine of the International Monetary Fund, March 2008, Volume 45, Number 1
The Rise of China and India - What's in it for Africa (http://www.oecd.org/document/58/0,2340,en_2649_201185_3
6759098_1_1_1_1,00.html), Goldstein et al., for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
May 2006

Official links

China-Africa Cooperation Forum (http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/China-Africa/81869.htm)

China's African Policy (http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t230615.htm) - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's
Republic of China
"China-Africa Relations" (http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18059.htm), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the People's Republic of China, 25 April 2002
Fairly looking upon Sino-African relations (http://english.people.com.cn/200605/16/eng20060516_266153.html),
People's Daily - 16 May 2006
"Chinese FM calls for strengthening of new Sino-African strategic partnership" (http://news.xinhuanet.com/englis
h/2010-01/11/content_12791220.htm), Xinhua, 11 January 2010
Assessing China's Role and Influence in Africa: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and
Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress,
Second Session, March 29, 2012 (https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo24232)
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