Lying under white blossoms in a cemetery in southwestern Dar es Salaam are 69 tombs. They have been there for more than three decades and are a reminder of the strong friendship between Africa and China.
The influx of Chinese contracting companies into Kenya is not only bringing roads and railways to the East African country, but also income, employment and vital skills to the local workforce.
Chi Jianxin, president of the China-Africa Development Fund, the country's largest equity investment fund focusing on African investment, has been to 27 nations in Africa since the fund was established in 2007.
Banking is one of the sectors of the African economy in which China is emerging as a significant player.
Sino-African university cooperation helps students understand both countries better.
Thanks to its nice weather, beautiful landscape and interesting cultural experience, South Africa has been attracting more Chinese people to visit, work, study and immigrate. However, that has raised the issue of public security.
Tanzania, which considers China a "role model of development and a true friend", welcomes its investment and expects to collaborate more closely on bilateral ties, the Tanzanian ambassador to China said.
As President Xi Jinping embarks on his first trip to Africa as a head of state, expectations are high for the world's second-largest economy to play a greater role in the region.
Tazara was not the first construction work China carried out in Africa, but the symbolism of China-Africa friendship during hard times created by this railway is irreplaceable and has been treasured by the two peoples for nearly half a century.
William A.P. Martin, the US missionary who first translated Russian literature into Chinese, which appeared in a Shanghai magazine in 1872, would never have expected Russian works to go on a lasting journey deep into the neighboring country.
Russians had their first translation of Chinese literature before the Chinese got translations of Russian literature. But Chinese literature in Russia lags behind.
When Anastasia Kovaleva was growing up in Blagoveschensk, Russia, she could almost see China from her front door.
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