This carries particular importance as the Western world has actively participated in the Arab Spring, particularly in Libya, and the confrontation is reaching to a new level in the case of Syria or Iran. Hu asserted Chinese commitment to African countries’ independent choice of development paths, and he condemned any kind of external interference, a direct criticism on western policies and interferences in Africa and elsewhere. The Conference happens in every three years and 500 participants, including heads of state and top minsters from China and 50 African countries participated in this year’s conference in Beijing, including the presidents of South Africa and Niger, the prime minister of Kenya, etc.Īddressing the delegates, the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, stated that “Chinese and African people have always treated each other as equals with sincerity and friendship”. In the recently concluded fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on China-Africa strategic partnership, President Hu Jintao pledged a US$20 billion of credit line for African countries in the next three years-double the amount of what China promised to lend Africa at the last joint forum three years ago.įOCAC is a strategically-oriented move launched in October 2000 between China and African countries for collective consultation, dialogue, and partnership. China has outmaneuvered everybody else in the strategic calculations with respect to cultivating relationships with Africa.
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