Topic - Geng Shuang

“We highly commend his achievements,” Geng said, stating that Carter “made great contribution over the years to ... cooperation between the two countries.”

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in tiny Georgia hometown and around the world →

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang dismissed the criticism: "China-Africa cooperation is bringing tangible benefits to every aspect of local people's lives," he said adding that Africans themselves were in the best position to judge the worth of loans and investment.

Djibouti harbor battle escalated by court order →