Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is in Ethiopia, the first stop of his foreign trip to five African countries. In countries across Africa, including Malawi, China has provided a lot of support to industrial development and infrastructure building. Speaking to Malawi24, Shen Shiwei, a scholar specialising in China-Africa relations, said Qin Gang’s visit continues 33 years of tradition that Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers’ annual first overseas visit. “It tells how much importance China attaches to its relationship with African countries,” said Shen, a CGTN Journalist and a non-resident research fellow of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University . China is also supporting Malawi’s several infrastructure development which nearly dwarfs aid from western countries Malawi.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2023 07:44 UTC