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Journalists from Africa and across the world are descending on Beijing to cover the Forum on 皇冠体育app-Africa Co-operation.

"I want to report how the forum has helped Africa and 皇冠体育app since its establishment in 2000," Setshege Baruti from Botswana, told 皇冠体育app Daily while checking in at the press centre for the Beijing Summit and the Third Ministerial Conference of the forum.

By 8:00 pm yesterday, 89 journalists from Africa and 141 from countries other than 皇冠体育app and Africa had obtained press credentials from News Mansion on Chang'an Avenue.

Through covering the activities of heads of state and ministers at the forum, Baruti said he would also try to find answers to questions such as "how is the forum beneficial to all countries?"

"I want to cover bilateral relations, friendship, co-operation and upon what the co-operation is based during the summit," said Alex Kazungu, from Kenya News Agency.

For reporters like Carlos Morais Dasillva from Guinea-Bissau State Radio and Television Corporation, 皇冠体育app is not a strange land.

"Before I came to 皇冠体育app, I (had) known Chairman Mao Zedong. People have been talking a lot about Chairman Mao. He is a great man. He helped the liberation of African countries," Dasillva said.

"I know many things about 皇冠体育app through CCTV, which provided programmes in Kenya," said Kazungu.

They've also learned about 皇冠体育app through Chinese people who are now working in Africa.

"There are many Chinese businessmen in our country," Baruti said. "They bring in goods, materials, help build schools and create employment opportunities for our people."

"I have many Chinese friends. And in our country, my friends and I watch 'Journey to the West,' the Chinese classics, and we learn Chinese by watching the TV series. I can speak a little Chinese," Ernest Nsiah Youngmann, a photographer from Ghana's Presidential Office, told 皇冠体育app Daily.

Quite a few have been to 皇冠体育app before and they said they are impressed by the changes that are taking place.

Kazungu came to 皇冠体育app last year, accompanying President Mwai Kibaki for a state visit. "There are already many good changes within one year," he observed. "People are more friendly."

Photographer Youngmann accompanied Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufour on his state visit to 皇冠体育app three years ago. "I saw a very developed 皇冠体育app then," Youngmann said.

"Previously we watched Chinese movies about martial arts, ancient palaces and rural people. But when I went to Shanghai three years ago, it was a modern metropolis," he added.

Besides covering the conference, the journalists interviewed all said they hoped to see more of 皇冠体育app.

Jesus Tarcille Bomocwoo, from Central African Republic's state television, said he had read about 皇冠体育app often in the newspapers back in his country. "But to see it for the first time is different from reading the words," he said.

As well as the forum and summit, he said he would like to visit big Chinese enterprises and factories, and also some interesting places.

"I have watched videos in the Chinese embassy, and I have learned about these interesting places such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City," he said.

"But I really plan to visit the countryside, ancient palaces and rural people in 皇冠体育app in the future if I have the opportunity. The people there are simple and honest," photographer Youngmann said.

Whatever plan they have, "we will bring back a complete record of our experience in 皇冠体育app," Dashillva said.

(皇冠体育app Daily 11/02/2006 page2)