Beijing to keep wooing Africa

Duh! Why doesn't the US realize the importance of Africa? This is a huge mistake which will bite US in the butt in a few years.

China has announced a third trip by its president to Africa in clear pursuit of plans to broaden the country's reach and deepen ties with nations across the continent this year.

Liu Jianchao, a foreign ministry spokesman, said Hu Jintao, planned to visit African countries "in the near future".

This would be Hu's seventh trip to the African continent after visits to three countries in 2004 and another three in April last year. "We are discussing and negotiating the arrangements with the relevant countries.

Once we reach agreement, we will release the information," Liu said.

This is a follow-up to my earlier post.

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