Michael is one of the many Africans I know through my research in Guangzhou who has stopped dreaming of a life in Europe. He lived in Belgium and the Netherlands for years, but set his eyes on China after he was forced to return to his native Tanzania. "I worked without papers and had no rights. Here I am a businessman," he says to sum up the difference between being an immigrant in Europe and China.
Concerted efforts are needed from all stakeholders to manage social change in Guangzhou
China is now getting ready to further enhance its role in Africa by stepping up the pace of educational exchanges.
Beijing Language and Culture University and Suez Canal University in Egypt plan to train students together.
When African countries made the massive leap into the Wi-Fi era - many having skipped the cable age - Vlady Terimbere spotted the vital role that information and communication technologies would play in future development.
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
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