1, Han Dynasty
As early as the second century BC, China's Han Dynasty and Africa began to understand each other and indirectly exchanged their own specialty treasures. It is said that the royal dress worn by Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in the first century BC was made of China silk. Since Zhang Qian opened the "Silk Road" to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, China's gold and silk have been exported to the southern bank of the Mediterranean.
2. Tang Dynasty
China's Tang Dynasty not only started formal direct contact with the Arab Empire which ruled North Africa at that time, but also China people set foot in sub-Saharan Africa.
The image of African blacks also began to appear in the culture and art of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the African blacks described by China literati were all superb in skills, brave and witty, and chivalrous. Even Dunhuang murals describe the image of African blacks.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a lot of material exchange with North Africa and the east coast of Africa. Blue and white porcelain and coins of the Tang Dynasty were found in Egypt, Kenya and Zanzibar. The development of navigation in Song Dynasty further developed the exchange of personnel and products between China and Africa. China's products not only appear in the northern and eastern coasts of Africa, but also go deep into Zimbabwean and other inland areas of Africa.
3. Yuan Dynasty
The direct contact between China and Africa was increasing in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Shizu once sent envoys to Madagascar to "interview different news", and Wang Dayuan, a famous tourist from China, has also been to Zanzibar. Batuta, a Moroccan, one of the four great travelers in the Middle Ages, has also been to Quanzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou in the south of China.
As early as the14th century, Zhu Siben, a geographer in China in Yuan Dynasty, drew the African continent as a triangle extending to the south, but by the beginning of the15th century, Europeans were still unclear about the direction of the African continent. The late British scientist Joseph Needham praised Zhu Siben's Map of Africa as an "outstanding achievement" in the history of science and technology in China.
4. Ming dynasty
The Ming Dynasty was the most important period in the history of ancient exchanges between China and Africa, and friendly relations developed to the exchange of visits between official representatives of both sides. Zheng He, a famous navigator in Ming Dynasty in China, led a fleet of dozens of large ships for many times, carrying a lot of gold, silver, silks and satins and porcelain banknotes, and visited the East African ports around Somalia and Kenya on behalf of the China government.
Zhenghetun, a village in northern Somalia, was named to commemorate Zheng He's visit. Several African countries also sent special envoys to visit China. King of Malin State in East Africa (located in present-day Kenya) visited China and died when he arrived in Fuzhou. He was buried in Min County, Fujian Province, and was buried by China Emperor posthumous title.
519th century
/kloc-Western colonists began to invade Africa in the 5th century, pushing Africa into the darkest colonial period in history. The conquest and partition of Africa by colonialists forced the friendly exchanges between China and Africa to stop. /kloc-After China became a semi-colonial country in the 20th century, the people of Central Africa were not only deprived of the right to communicate with each other by colonialism and imperialism, but also enslaved and exploited by western monopoly capital groups.
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The Historical Significance of China-Africa Cooperation
1. Politically, China and Africa should become strategic partners of mutual trust and support. China and Africa should maintain high-level exchanges and dialogues, promote various forms of personnel exchanges, and promote China-Africa friendship to be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
We should treat each other as equals, not interfere in each other's internal affairs, and respect each other's independent choice of development path; In order to strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs, we are committed to promoting the democratization of international relations and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
2. Economically, China and Africa should become partners with complementary advantages and win-win results. China and Africa should make joint efforts to strengthen South-South cooperation, promote North-South dialogue and push economic globalization towards a balanced, inclusive and win-win direction. It is necessary to carry out various forms of economic and trade cooperation, expand the scale of trade and optimize the trade structure.
The Government of China will conscientiously implement the five measures proposed by President Hu Jintao at the high-level meeting on financing for development on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations to help developing countries accelerate their development, and continue to encourage and support China enterprises to invest in Africa. We also warmly welcome African enterprises to do business in China.
Culturally, China and Africa should become exchange partners to promote civilization and progress and build a harmonious world. China and Africa should strengthen the exchange of experience in governing the country, respect the diversity of civilizations, and promote mutual tolerance, equal dialogue, learning from each other's strengths and common prosperity among different civilizations; We should strengthen cultural exchanges between China and Africa and learn from each other.
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