Abacus: Bill Gates urges Africa to learn from China in People’s Daily op-ed
“People’s Daily, the main mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, has a special columnist. Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates wrote an article published in Chinese on Monday, hailing China as a model of success for African nations. … The piece comes just before the start of the triennial China-Africa summit in Beijing, with Gates highlighting two areas where he thinks African countries could learn from China. ‘The first is how to eradicate the diseases and poverty that still exist in many regions in Africa. The second is how to unleash African countries’ potential in agriculture,’ he explained…” (Ye, 9/3).