Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a two-day state visit to South Africa starting on July 23. Pretoria, administrative capital of South Africa raised Chinese national flag to welcome the president’s third visit, which is the highest level of reception courtesy of the “rainbow nation”.
Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are now gathering in Johannesburg, the “Place of Gold” in South Africa, for the three-day-long 10th BRICS summit starting on July 25, in a hope to discuss on the future of BRICS cooperation and draw a blueprint for its another “golden decade”. China’s role in promoting BRICS cooperation is highly anticipated.
Mamadou Camara is a retired official with the Dakar provincial government. Three years ago, the Senegalese man in his 60s chose to learn Chinese at the Confucius Institute of the University of Dakar, even though his families didn’t understand his decision.
JOHANNESBURG, July 25 (Xinhua) -- South Africans have described Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit as an indication of strong diplomatic and bilateral relations between the two nations. "The state visit takes place within the context of strengthening strategic and historic political, economic, social and international cooperation partnership between South Africa and China," wrote the South Africa's presidential office Tuesday on Twitter.
