China’s Top Diplomat for Africa Appointed as Ambassador to South Africa

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Wu Peng, China’s new ambassador-designate, arrived in South Africa on Monday. His appointment is the latest example of high-powered diplomats with continent-wide experience becoming the PRC’s envoys to Pretoria.

Before he took up the ambassadorship, Wu was the Director-General of the Department of African Affairs in China’s Foreign Ministry—the country’s top diplomat for Africa. His predecessors, Chen Xiaodong and Lin Songtian, were similar heavyweights.

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