Increasing Rapprochement

In a written intervi e w with Beijing Review, Eleih-Elle Etian, Cameroon 's Ambassador to China and dean of the Group of Af rican Ambassadors, discusses China's bur geoning relations with Africa, especially with Cameroon, which was the first leg of Chinese President Hu Jintao's eight-nation Africa tour.     

CPAFFC Delegation Visits Sierra Leone and Cameroon

At the invitation of the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Association (SLCFA) and the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization of Cameroon, a 14-member CPAFFC delegation headed by Wang Daoyu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, paid a goodwill visit to Sierra Leone and Cameroon in early December 2005. In Sierra Leone Vice President Solomon Ekuma Berewa, President of the Parliament Edmond Cowan, and Vice Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamara, and in     

2015’s To p 10 Events In Sino- A frican Ties

正Chinese Foreign Minister Paying First-of-the-Year Visit to Africa From January 8 to 16,Wang Yi visited Kenya,Sudan,Cameroon,Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Wang’s trip continued the tradition in the past 25 years of Chinese foreign ministers beginning their first overseas visit of the year     

CPAFFC President Qi Huaiyuan Visits Cameroon, the Congo and Zaire

At the invitation of President Paul Biya of Cameroon and the Congolese Association of Friend-ship Among the Peoples (CAFAP), CPAFFC President Qi Huaiyuan and his party visited Cameroonand the Congo, and also visited Zaire from September 29 to October 11, 1996 and were accordedwarm hospitality.     

Cameroon Friendship Delegation Visits China

A Cameroon friendship delegation led by YongDominique, secretary-general of theCameroonian Ministry of External Relations, paida goodwill visit to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyangin March 1999. Xu Jialu, vice chairman of the     

Diplomatic Envoys of Four African Countries Visit Hunan

With Spring warmth awakening the flowers, ambassadors of Madagascar, Mali, Cameroon and Burundi went to Changsha, Hunan Province, for the 8th Lecture Tour of African Diplomatic Envoys. More than 100 people from the Commerce Bureau, the Development and Reform Commission and the Academy of Social Sciences of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University as well as SOEs and private enterprises took part in the activity.     

Friendship Between China and Cameroon

Many of my Cameroonianfriends often tell me notwithout pride that Cameroon isa miniature of Africa. That is true. Lying in the central Africa,Cameroon is the bridge linkingthe western Africa and easternAfrica. Its northern part is in theSahelienne area and its southernpart in the tropical primeval for-     

Faveiguevl Campete in Chinese Cook-all

ON January 3,2003,108 overseas chefs par—ticipated in the Hangzhou Dish Cook—offin Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province.The con—testants were from the US,France,Germany,Australia,Spain,Finland,Israel,Yemen,Mexico,Venezuela,Ecuador,Cameroon,Japan,ROK,Thailand,Laos,Indonesia,Nigeria and Niger.Prior to     

PEOPLE & POINTS

正NEW FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON NAMED Wang Wenbin, former Chinese ambassador to Tunisia, was named the 32 nd spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and deputy director general of its Information Department.Wang, born in 1971, joined the ministry in 1993. He has worked in different departments of the ministry and the General Office of the State Council, as well as in Chinese diplomatic missions in Senegal, Cameroon and Mauritius. He served as China's am-     

Notes on Visit to Africa

In June, a 13-member delegation led by CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku paid a goodwill visit to Cameroon and Chad. Members came from Hainan, Jilin, Suzhou and Guangzhou.     

Chinese Etiquettes——Vitalin the Business World

正NO matter what part of the world they come from,expats in sales and marketing jobs in China and those planning to set up new businesses here need to study how the Chinese behave in the business environment.Expats come to China to be involved in the second biggest global economy.Figuring out the four rising and falling tones in spoken Mandarin–no easy task in a month–will not,however,help in delicate business     

Salute, Helen Snow——A Worthy Friendship Bridge (Continued)

Bridging--Across the Ocean, to the FutureHelen Snow has lived an accomplished lifethrough all her years. We may think that she hadnothing about which to feel regretful or ashamed.In fact she had summed up since long before, asshe wrote: "All my efforts have been in buildingbridges to the future, to adding to all the bridgesthat go to the future." Precious as it was, what-ever bridges she built were links between two greatnations on both hemispheres-a leading devel-oped country and the biggest developing country.     

Nuclear Energy——Proceed with Caution

AT the National Energy Work Conference in January 2011,the Chinese government doubled its 2020 target for installed nuclear energy capacity which was set four years ago,to 86 million kW.The country’s current energy shortage partly drives the decision as does its ongoing commitment to the international community for energy conservation and emission reduction.According to up-to-date statistics from the Nuclear Energy Institute of the U.S.that were made available at the conference,the number of nuclear power plants under construction in China accounts for more than 40 percent of the global total,ranking China first in the world for number of plants under construction.     

Model of Innovation——Glimpse of Qingpu Prison

Having visited Tilanqiao Prison, I began to feel much better, with all the uneasiness and fears with "imnates" and "prisons" gone. On the way to Qingpu Prison I had learned that it is of a new model, quite civilized. The prison is a complex of white buildings surrounded by a wide stretch of garden, If not for the four Chinese characters "Qing Pu Jian Yu" on the gates, no one could guess that it is a prison. It is more like a university. From the production area to the living area, from the teaching building to the medical     

National Model Procurator——Bai Jie

On July 8, 2008, a forum on how to implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China（CPC） in improving procuratorate work was going on at the auditorium of the Supreme People＇s Procuratorate. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Committee of Law was listening attentively to the speakers：     

CHINA''''S REALITY——GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT

In an interview with Beijing Review reporter Tang Yuankai, Cai Wu, Minister of the Information Office of the State Council, gives an overall review of the development of the Chinese Government's information release system. Cai said press conferences and the spokesperson system are important means to promote the transparency of government and Party affairs and to meet the people's demand for information.     

Xishuangbanna——Home of the Dai nationality

Yunnan is a province of outstanding natural beauty and home to many colourful ethnic nationalities. These contrasts came home to me when I took the 1-hour flight south from Lijiang to Jinghong. Lijiang is dominated by great snow mountains and is home to the Tibetan-related Naxi people. Soon the mountains were left behind and the land below became a mixture of dense green forests interspersed with tea plantations and groves of     

Space and Time——Chinese Style

China has far too many people.It's too crowded here.And every-where I go,whether by foot,on bike or in a vehicle,I alwaysencounter a bottleneck somewhere along the line.Waiting to walk through a ticket gate to get on a train,trying to enter the metal gates of my university or even traveling by car and encountering toll booths blocking the road-     

Delegation of International Friendship League——Seychelles Group Visits China

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, President of the International Friendship League— Seychelles Group Marie-Nella Azemia led a del- egation to pay a goodwill visit to Beijing, Liaoning Province and Jilin Province from August 18 to 26, 2005. President of the Chinese-African Peo- ple’s Friendship Association Yang Fuchang, Vice President of the Liaoning Provincial People’s As- sociation for Friendship with Foreign Countries Wang Yonggui and Vice President of the Jilin Provincial …     

Gastronomic Wonderland——Catering Vogues

Chinese food is often the first encounter Westerners have with Chinese culture. Restaurants established by Chinese citizens abroad over the past three centuries effectively introduced Middle Kingdom cuisine to the world. But few Westerners comprehend the full magnitude of Chinese cuisine until they visit China. It is only then that they discover how similar ingredients cooked according to respective regional tastes create diverse, distinctive flavors and textures. The culinary excel-lence distilled in the so-called eight jewels of Chinese cuisine is achieved using the best of ingredients and techniques of each region while retaining local characteristics. Western visitors may also observe that, as in the West, dining is a favored setting for social and business intercourse. The catering trade is consequently as sensitive to changing market trends as the fashion industry.