Waziri Wa Mambo ya Nje wa China kutembelea Tanzania

[Kurzweil]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will follow a two-decade-long diplomatic tradition to make Africa his first overseas destination in 2017, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Wang will pay an official visit to Madagascar, Zambia, Tanzania, Republic of Congo and Nigeria from Jan. 7 to 12, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang announced at a news briefing.

"Relations with developing countries, including in Africa, is the bedrock of Chinese diplomacy," Geng said. "Chinese foreign ministers have visited Africa during their first foreign trips each year over the past two decades. The practice has become a much treasured diplomatic tradition for China."

Wang will discuss the implementation of President Xi Jinping's consensus with African leaders and the outcome of the 2015 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Johannesburg, to help the revival of Africa and enhance solidarity and common development among developing countries, Geng said.

"China hopes to comprehensively upgrade cooperation with Africa in 2017," the spokesperson said.

At the 2015 summit, China announced 10 major plans for China-Africa cooperation over three years, backed with a 60 billion U.S. dollar package. As of last July, China and Africa had signed 245 various cooperation agreements worth a total of 50 billion U.S. dollars.

A batch of early successes related to the summit were achieved in 2016, including the opening of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway and progress on the Mombasa-Nairobi line, as well as development of industrial parks and special economic zones, Geng said.

 

[fattys]

The say that " cheap is always expensive and does not last " it seems does not hold water into all circumstances.
Chines Construction Projects in Africa are relatively labeled cheap according to Western countries( Europe and America )standards. However experience has shown that expensiveness on Western funded or implemented Construction Projects is not based on either quality or quantity but rather sometimes on overhead expenses. Resident Engineer for example from Western Country who is overseeing a project worth $ 1billon would be paid handsomely one hundred times more than the same Engineer from China. Western Engineer would require five star hotel while a Chines one would sleep with Site Foreman in constructed residential housed. In nut shell Chines are cheap in terms of labour and hence an overall project costs compared to Western ones. Thus China -Africa development pacts are more beneficial one than Western - Africa Pacts. Record show that over 60% of project funded by Western Countries in Africa do die immediately after they are handed over. Why because most of funds are used for salaries , transport, tours, Christmas and new years holidays, school fees etc etc which Western Engineer are titled while working in Africa. Hence the China-Africa Pact must be enhenced for the mutual friends. Welcome to Africa, China's Minister forForeign Affairs

 

[jerrytz]

50 years after independence that was meant to liberate the african continent from the colonialism exploitation still African countries depend heavily on foreign aids.