Two China Africa stories:
From Beijing Review:
A Chinese descendant has grown into the first Chinese female Minister of Zimbabwe
More than a century ago, in 1904, a 17-year-old young Chinese, leaving behind his wife and new-born son, came to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to make a living, as he had no chance of getting a share of his ancestral property, being the youngest among the five boys of a peasant family in Nanpan Village near Guangzhou. After 18 years, his illiterate village wife adventured into Africa all by herself to join him, knowing there was no possibility of his return to China. The brave woman overcame all obstacles of language and location in the course of her long journey.
This is not a fictional story, but a true account of what happened to the grandparents of Fay King Chung, the first woman Chinese minister of Zimbabwe and the first Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA). She worked in various capacities in the Zimbabwean Ministry of Education in the 1980s, before finally rising to the position of minister…
From Kenya Online Today blog:
Chinese Cars Make a Mark in Nairobi
Chinese vehicle models are making a strong showing on city streets. Some years back they made their grand entry in the truck market. First there was the Faw truck and Jiefang truck… mainly targeting the seven-ton truck category…
…Faw is a shiny model of a bus that has pleased the Kenyan armed forces where it is used as a commuter transport van. But Foton too is attracting positive coverage and attention. Many traders and distributors have acquired the new Foton models of pickups and light trucks. They are said to be extremely fuel efficient.