Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that Beijing will not abandon Africa, despite the global recession, The Associated Press reported. Yang told reporters today the rich world should do the same. He was in Malawi during what has become China's traditional New Year tour of Africa. Yang signed an agreement to build a $90 million hotel conference center in the capital, Lilongwe. China is also building a Parliament house and a highway linking northern Malawi to Zambia.
