Stig Östlund

onsdag, december 01, 2010

China and Africa embrace a partnership with brighter prospects in the post-financial crisis era

Xi Jinping
In recent years, China and Africa have fostered a strategic partnership through enhanced cooperation in political, economic, social and cultural areas. After Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to three countries in southern Africa—South Africa, Angola and Botswana—in-mid November, analysts believe the bilateral relationship will now enter a new phase of development.
The vice president's African trip shows the value China places on Sino-African ties. His visit will further the "new-type strategic partnership" between the two sides following the recent global economic downturn, He Wenping, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Beijing Review.
China is acutely aware it is a developing country and that South-South cooperation is at the core of Chinese diplomacy, he said. /Beijing Review

Read more:  http://www.bjreview.com.cn/print/txt/2010-11/29/content_315089.htm

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