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South Africa confab: Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao (left) and South African Vice-President Cyril Ramaphosa jointly preside over the sixth plenary session of the China-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Cape Town, South Africa, on Nov 22. The two countries agreed to enhance cooperation in politics, economy and trade. Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua |

Access still needed: A customer downloads documents online with the help of a staff member at a cybercafe in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 18. With the rapid development of infrastructure and smartphones, cybercafes in Africa are losing customers. However, people who lack internet services at home or the office continue to walk into cybercafes to do tasks most smartphones cannot - such as downloading and printing files. Sun Ruibo / Xinhua |
New airport: Workers go about their tasks at Victoria Falls International Airport in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Nov 18. Robert Mugabe commissioned the upgraded airport, which was built with support from China. Chen Yaqin / Xinhua |
Shadows: Children learn how to manipulate shadow puppets during the official launch of a Chinese language training program at the Chinese cultural center in Cotonou, the economic capital of the Republic of Benin, on Nov 19. The language training coincided with the start of the 2016-2017 academic year. Seraphin Zounyekpe / Xinhua |

(China Daily Africa Weekly 11/25/2016 page5)
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