Diplomacy Foreign relations of China

members of focac

early modern bilateral relations affected cold war , ideology of communism. china had close ties anti-apartheid , liberation movement, african national congress (anc), in south africa, china s relations soviet union worsened , anc moved closer soviet union, china shifted away anc towards pan-africanist congress. china adopted several principles, among them supporting independence of african countries while investing in infrastructure projects. somali democratic republic established relations soviet union throughout cold war era. when somalia sought create greater somalia, declared war on ethiopia, aid of soviet union, somalia took ogaden in 3 months, soviet union shifted support somalia ethiopia, , ethiopia retook ogaden region. angered siad barre, , expelled soviets advisors , citizens somalia, somalia maintained relations china, segrated traditional russian communism. during cold war, few smaller nations entered in alliances china, such burundi under michel micombero.

the political status of taiwan has been key political issue people s republic of china (prc). in 1971, support of african nations crucial in prc joining united nations (un), taking on seat of roc on taiwan. however, while many african countries such algeria, egypt , zambia have stressed support prc s one-china policy, swaziland , burkina faso maintaining relations taipei. quest of permanent un security council seat africa, nigeria, populous african country, relies on chinese support while egypt looks u.s. backing.

since 1997, around 40 african heads of state have visited china. ministerial meeting, forum on china–africa cooperation (focac), held in beijing in october 2000 first collective dialogue between china , african nations.