Africa's Relationship With China Is Ancient History

Tang pottery and coins found in Africa present the most direct evidence of Sino-African trade, and Tang clay figurines and paintings of Africans have been found in China, showing that China's relationship with Africa stretches back centuries - as far back as 138 BC, writes Yunus Momoniat for Africa in Fact.

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Africa and China go way back.

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