Welcome, we start 2023 by analyzing the new Chinese Foreign Minister Qing Gang’s visit to Africa. Who is he? Which countries did he visit and why? And how did the world react to this?

For more general information:

• ‘Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s 5-nation African tour a show of solidarity, strategic importance, analysts say’ by Jevans Nyabiage, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3206824/chinese-foreign-minister-qin-gangs-five-nation-african-tour-show-solidarity-strategic-importance
• ‘Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister’ by Dawit Endeshaw, https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/africa-should-not-be-arena-international-competition-says-chinese-foreign-2023-01-11/

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