Africa -China relations will survive Guangzhou
Never before in the history of China-African relations have African officials confronted China publicly and in private over the reports of alleged mistreatment of some African migrants in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.
In Nigeria, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, was unhappy while showing a video of quarantine workers mistreating people to the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian. Because of lack of access to primary data to draw competent conclusions and understanding from the Guangzhou incident, it is worthwhile to advance reasons why both China and Africa should mitigate the threats of division and misunderstanding.
From the time when Coronavirus started in Wuhan in December 2019 to mid-April, a wide range of efforts were deployed at understanding the virus, preventing its spread both within and outside their country, treating the infected, protecting and caring for the rest populace. Aid, moral and material support was given to liberation movements in the Southern African countries of Mozambique, Angola and in South Africa. The Bandung Afro-Asian Conference of April 1955 also provided an opportunity for Africa and Asia, especially China and Africa to further strengthen direct relationship.
Since the Mao’s visit, successive Chinese leaders have been to Africa to foster closer diplomatic, economic and socio-cultural cooperation. It is the launch of Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 by President Xi Jinping that opened up another opportunity for Africa’s infrastructure development, investment, finance and trade.
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