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Sino–African Partnership: Shared Growth, Not One-Sided Dependency
By Gerald Mbanda Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Dar es Salaam on January 9, 2025 for a two-day visit to Tanzania. Image via Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Sino–African partnership is often misunderstood through the narrow lens of dependency. Critics portray Africa as a passive recipient and China as a dominant donor. This framing ignores…
China, South Africa call for closer South-South cooperation
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation on Saturday with his South African counterpart, Ronald Lamola, calling for both countries to uphold multilateralism and strengthen South-South cooperation. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, congratulated South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on the…
China, Lesotho to strengthen exchanges, advance cooperation
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekanein Maseru, Lesotho, January 10, 2026. /Chinese Foreign Ministry Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday that China is willing to work with Lesotho to strengthen exchanges on…
China, Kenya discover advanced Paleolithic tools in Africa
This undated file photo shows China-Kenya joint archaeological team working at Kenya’s Lake Bogoria site. A China-Kenya joint archaeological team has for the first time unearthed stone tool productsfeaturing blade technology from the middle to late Paleolithic period at Kenya’s Lake Bogoria site. The discovery, announced at a conference on the 2025 archaeological results of central China’s Henan Province held…
Xi’s message on China-Africa exchanges draws warm responses
At Thursday’s opening ceremony of the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, African officials and experts said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter highlights Beijing’s commitment to strengthening ties and deepening mutual understanding. In his letter, Xi said that organizing the year of people-to-people exchanges on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of launching diplomatic relations between…
Foreign investment shows confidence in Chinese market
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov 21, 2025 shows a view of the Yangpu International Container Port in Yangpu Economic Development Zone, South China’s Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] Many foreign enterprises operating in China are ramping up their investments, while those looking to enter the Chinese market are accelerating their plans to do so. In 2025, foreign companies launched…
China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges launched at AU headquarters
The launching ceremony of the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges is held at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 8, 2026. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, read out a congratulatory letter from…
China, Ethiopia vow to implement outcomes of FOCAC Beijing Summit
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Han Xu) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos in Addis Ababa, the capital of…
China–Africa Cooperation in 2026: Why the Year of People-to-People Exchanges Matters
African students among the graduating students at Shanghai University of Business and Economics (2023). Photo credit: @Gerald Mbanda By Gerald Mbanda The decision to designate 2026 as the Year of People-to-People Exchanges between China and Africa reflects a growing recognition that the strength of China–Africa relations depends not only on governments and markets, but also on the…
Why Africa has been Chinese FM’s first annual trip for over three decades
By Le Tian File photo of Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. /VCG For the 36th consecutive year, Africa is once again the first overseas destination of China’s foreign minister in a new year – an enduring diplomatic tradition that speaks volumes…