As African leaders descend on Johannesburg for the Second Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the focus will again be on relations between the world's second-largest economy and the emerging continent.
South Africa now has one of the strongest relationships with China of any African country, according to a leading international relations expert.
When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in South Africa for the summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, he will be greeted by hope and expectation from the heads of states who will gather from across the continent to join him.
I have had the privilege of being on a 10-month media exchange program in China that gave me the opportunity to travel throughout the country and have dealings with many of those who work in its media.
These are the hands that give people hearing, sight and save lives, but now they must rest; it is time for ears, eyes and tongues to do the work.
In recent years, close collaboration between China and Kenya has yielded successful results in the fight against ivory poaching and trafficking.
The Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, under construction in Kenya, will spearhead research done by Chinese and African scientists in addressing emerging biodiversity and conservation challenges facing developing countries.
Zimbabwe expects closer collaboration with China in industrialization and an increased role for the renminbi in the market, says the country's ambassador to China, Paul Chikawa.
China is the world's second-largest economy and the global leader in manufacturing. So it's no surprise it hosts some of the most important trade fairs.
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow."
How time flies. It was just the other day that I was criss-crossing the plains, hills, mountains and desert of China. Climbing the Badaling section of the Great Wall, in the words of Chairman Mao, made me a "real man". The trip to the ancient Huangling village in eastern Jiangxi province will forever be etched in my memory. I could go on.
Chinese enterprises are expanding their footprint in Africa and now have a presence in almost every country in the continent
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