Director-General, International Bureau, State Council Information
Office, China
Jiang Weiqiang and his State Council Information Office
colleagues will play a leading role in Beijing's media courtship
of Africa ahead of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November. At the FOCAC Media
Seminar in Beijing, 15-19 July, Jiang tried to develop a united
front with African state media organisations. He insisted that
the message of China-Africa cooperation should be taken directly
to the people and not depend on Western media, which he described
as anti-China and anti-Africa. Representatives from 27 African
countries attended, as did Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai
Jun and Liu Yunshan, Politburo member and Director
of the Central Propaganda Department....
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