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Introduction.

1. All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China.
2. Pretoria Chinese School

Introduction. The Chinese population residing in several of Africa's fifty-three independent countries is, in some cases, longstanding but definitely not large.

"Diversity in Diaspora: The Chinese Overseas" was the theme of a conference of the Shijie Haiwai Huaren Yanjiu Xuehui (International Society for the Study of Overseas Chinese [ISSCO]) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, during 4-6 December 2006. For more details about ISSCO's activities, visit the Transregional section of the Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library, and scroll down to the Trans-14 entry.

An online link to LI Anshan's discussion of "current work of Chinese scholars on the Chinese in Africa" is provided by KOH Keng We, Curator, Shao Overseas Chinese Center, University of Libraries, (H-ASIA, 3 February 2008).

Among many other sources, see Melanie Yap and Dianne Leong Man, Colour, Confusion and Concessions: The History of the Chinese in South Africa (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1996).

In the Beijing-Taipei contest for full diplomatic recognition by Africa's governments, the PRC has the upper hand. Among African states in mid-2007, only five continued to extend full diplomatic recognition to Taiwan — Burkina Faso, Gambia, Malawi, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Swaziland. As elsewhere in the world, other African countries have entered into agreements with Taiwan concerning economic and cultural relations, even though they also have granted formal diplomatic recognition to China.

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Afr-1. All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Switzerland Kalcheggweg 10 ch-3006 Berne Switzerland URL: www.china-embassy.ch/eng/23892.html 16 June 2004 Archival URLs: 28 October 2002 - 13 August 2004	STUDENT PERSPECTIVE on the All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China: "One of the values that members of this Association hold on to is their Chinese heritage and culture, despite the fact that they may never have visited the country themselves.....The web page was produced by an Embassy of the People's Republic of China.....and has the shortcoming of being structured more like a press release.....[It] doesn't give the reader an in-depth understanding of the Chinese community living in South Africa" — Matthew A. Curitti, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320C, Spring 2004. Return to top of Africa. • Sponsored by the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reportedly the product of the seventh of seven similar conferences held around world, the earliest viewed form of this document was a press release. It announced a conference on 19 January (2002?) for the "Peaceful Reunification of China." The All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China was formed at the conference. While the document (http://www.china-embassy.ch/eng/23892.htm ) was still posted to this website, it quoted from the "Johannesburg Declaration" at the conference. • Subsequently, the Embassy website has been reporting, "Sorry, the web page [with this document] you browsed has been deleted!" • Members of the "All Africa Association for Peaceful Reunification of China" may be mostly Chinese, but no assertion is made on this matter. • In English. • Accessed 15 July 2003, 22 March 2004, 1 August 2004, 10 April 2005, 31 July 2007, 25 June 2008 — v.k.p. Return to top of Africa.
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Afr-2. Dudley Westcott & Seew Chion HAU Directors Pretoria Chinese School Corner Halse and Dennil Streets Wingate Park Pretoria South Africa Phone: + 27 12 345-2319 Fax: + 27 12 345-2446 URL: www.pretoriachineseschool.co.za/ Archival URLs: 27 September 2006 - 1 July 2007	• "The Pretoria Chinese School was started in 1934.....by the Young Chinese Cultural league and the Chinese Community of Pretoria, in an attempt to preserve their culture and provide quality education for their children, against the backdrop of racism and discriminatory government policy. The land and building were purchased in the name of the Chinese Consulate, as the Chinese were not allowed to hold title to property at the time." • "In 1991, the School Board decided to expand the small primary school to include high school so that the language and culture could be extended to all who wished to embrace it. This resulted in an influx of children from Poland, Russia, Korea, Taiwan and The Peoples Republic of China." • In English. • With e-mail link. • Accessed, 2 July 2008 — v.k.p. Return to top of Africa.
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