Chinese tourists who want a once-in-a lifetime experience must visit South Africa, says Bradley Brouwer.
Preferential policies are needed to spruce up facilities at important destinations
As China beefs up investment in Africa, economic cooperation between the two parties is growing at breakneck pace, and the same is true of tourism.
African nations must add more Chinese services to attract tourists
For the same reason that practically every major capital in the world contains a Chinatown, there are Chinese cities that support an "Africatown".
Overseas communities of traders sending money back home could eliminate the need for aid in many African countries, suggests a chronicler of the African community in Guangzhou.
Nigerian Lo-d rates his singing by the dancing of the crowds to whom he performs.
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.
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