Published: January 14th, 2025,
Last updated: January 15th, 2025

Last week, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed his first foreign trip of the year to Namibia, Congo-Brazzaville, Chad and Nigeria. For 35 years, the first trip of the year for Chinese foreign ministers has traditionally been to Africa. This time, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the focus was on realizing the results of the summit meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which took place in Beijing last September.