A British expert on Chinese international relations says foreign direct investment into the country since it started opening up in the 1980s has failed to play as significant a part as the Chinese government had hoped in the upgrading of its domestic industries.
Ethiopia aims to build itself into the manufacturing hub of Africa within six years, and China can have a key role in ensuring it achieves that goal, says a senior Ethiopian diplomat.
Stephen Roach says one of the problems with Sino-US relations is that nobody in the Obama administration fully understands China.
The rise of the Chinese currency to challenge the dollar's dominance has global geopolitical implications, says Alan Wheatley, editor of the 2013 book The Power of Currencies and Currencies of Power.
Edmund Phelps firmly believes China needs to innovate more if its economy is to progress to the next stage of development.
Trust the Germans to come up with the goods when it comes to technology and engineering, and the marketing item. The country that brought us "Das Auto" and "Vorsprung durch Technik" (Progress through technology) has now introduced to the world "Industry 4.0".
As more and more Chinese companies set up shop in Africa, they need to realize that trying to get around or ignoring local laws is the surest way to make their stay a short one, an expert on African legal matters says.
China could one day have as great and potent a presence in the world's oceans as the United States does today, says Simon Winchester, the veteran British writer, journalist and broadcaster.
An expert in international studies says China and Africa must develop deeper economic, political and cultural ties and learn to "trust each other more" if they are to continue with what he describes as the "tremendous achievements" the two have made in recent years.
An official spearheading the global fight against chronic hunger says China has a big role to play in advancing food security.
Sergio Chichava insists it is up to Africans to get the best out of their new relationship with China.
Joseph Hanlon says one of the biggest barriers to Africa's economic progress is that international regulations prevent it from following the Asian development model that delivered hundreds of millions from poverty.
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