Xi Jinping's remarks on China-Africa ties

The development of China-Africa ties can only be in present continuous tense, and never in present perfect tense.

---at a breakfast meeting with African leaders during a visit to South Africa, March 28, 2013

It is an important cornerstone of China's foreign policy to unite with African countries, and this will not change with China's development and the elevation of China's status in the world.

--- meeting with then Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob in Beijing, April 8, 2014