The number of African students studying in China has surged in recent years. Most are undergraduates, and the number of students who pursue a master's or PhD degree is growing. These students have brought a different message to China, and the Chinese have begun to see from them a fresh new image of Africa. This is inseparable from the progress in China-Africa cooperation in education.
A prediction that Africa would be 'the least important region for China' has, happily, turned out to be wrong.
Fifty years after the first Chinese medics traveled to Africa to offer aid, the nature of healthcare collaboration is being re-examined.
China has an impressive record in delivering public health services and could play an important role in helping prevent disease in Africa, a health expert says.
China started sending medical teams to Botswana 32 years ago, and the first included 11 specialists from Fujian province in southeastern China. Forty-six Chinese medical specialists now work in the country, doing three-year stints.
Although Africa has made considerable economic progress in recent years, many of its countries still face huge bottlenecks in the development of medical and health services.
Africa's drug market holds great commercial appeal, but turning that into cash is harder than it looks
The Population Bomb, a best-selling book warned of the mass starvation of humans in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation.
Chinese contributions to UN agricultural programs are reaping tangible benefits
Chinese-Tanzanian farm gets ready for peak production as sisal demand increases
China's pioneering efforts are helping African nations develop their agricultural sectors
Investment and technology transfer have the potential to bring great changes in Africa