Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the plenary meeting of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 5, 2015.

December 6, 2015

"Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Saturday that leaders attending a major summit here have reached consensus on lifting China-Africa relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Xi, who proposed the upgrade one day earlier at the opening session of the second summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), made the announcement before the landmark two-day gathering draws to an end."

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