BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Good friends always have each other's back. That is what China and Africa have done in the face of a global pandemic.
When China was in the depths of its fight against the virus, many African countries rushed to the aid of the Chinese people. And when China had the outbreak under control, it has also extended a helping hand to the continent.
So far, China has sent much-needed supplies to over 50 African countries and the African Union. It has also dispatched medical experts and shared hard-earned anti-epidemic experience via video conferences.
Mustapha Abdul Raheem, a Nigerian student who is studying in Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, shows the anti-epidemic video he made in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, April 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)
A Chinese medical expert is welcomed by locals upon her arrival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, April 16, 2020. (Xinhua)
A staff member unloads Chinese medical supplies from an airplane at the Kotota International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, April 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)
Kenyan primary school students hold a placard to support China in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Feb. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Yan)■