One After Another, African Foreign Ministers Waited Their Turn to Meet Briefly with Wang Yi

Tuesday was an especially busy day for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who met briefly with at least half a dozen foreign ministers and other senior officials from across Africa on the sidelines of the FOCAC conference in Dakar.

While the meetings often didn’t last long, given Wang’s packed schedule, they nonetheless highlight the kind of personal diplomacy that has come to typify China’s official engagement on the continent. 

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