Young but Solid Partnership
Yu Peijie (right), a Chinese woman peacekeeping soldier in South Sudan, with students in a primary school in Juba on April 30, 2018
China-South Sudan relations have much room for optimism
使用中南大学电子设备厂制造的PPM226-LS2-1负载传感器测量力的大小，其最大容量为10 kN，线性度为0.2%。使用日本大阪松下LM10微型激光传感器测量加载点的位移，其测量范围为200 mm，线性度为0.2%，分辨率为0.02 mm。为了获取小应变速率范围内冰的三点弯曲强度，本次试验采用了减速比为1∶18 000的二级减速机，利用其带动电动液压式顶推千斤顶进行加载。三点弯曲试验设备图如图5所示。
A s the youngest country in Africa,South Sudan has developed ambitious plans to attract foreign investment in a bid to maintain sustainable development and improve the lives of its people. Despite the landlocked country in East Africa having abundant resources that include energy, minerals and agriculture, it is still one of the least developed countries in the world.
ChinAfrica magazine spoke to South Sudanese Ambassador to China John Andruga Duku on May 29 to learn more about the country’s future development plans and its relationship with China. An edited excerpt of the interview follows:ChinAfrica: This year marks the eighth anniversary of the establishment of China-South Sudan diplomatic ties. How has the bilateral relationship fared in this time?
John Andruga Duku: We, as the Republic of South Sudan, have special relations with the People’s Republic of China. China is a strategic partner of South Sudan. As you rightly put it, we are marking the eighth year of our diplomatic relations with China this year. It is very important for the Chinese people to know that South Sudan sees China as a friend, since China established diplomatic relations with South Sudan the same day our country declared independent.
South Sudan is committed to working with our colleagues in African countries to advance common African interests with China as we marked the 56th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (predecessor of the African Union) on May 25. We have to evaluate relationships between Africa and China.We, as Africa, have positive relations with China on different levels, bilaterally, as a member state of our regional organization,the African Union, through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), and within the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. In all those areas, South Sudan is a fully committed participant and we see our relationship blooming on the win-win basis as Chinese President Xi Jinping said.
近年来，我国对水利工程建设的重视程度不断提升，主要是因为水利工程建设在我国防洪和降雨等方面具有极其重要的作用。而水利工程建设过程中的建设质量与安全是最为重要的，如果建设质量有问题，无法保证其质量，则无法发挥水利工程建设的作用，最终将会失去它的价值，而安全在任何领域都是放在第一位的。因此，水利工程建设质量与安全监督管理体系的有效构建极其重要。
Of the vast area, 75 percent is not occupied, so we can use that for mechanized farming. We need Chinese investors in areas like organic farming to produce soya beans.I want to take this opportunity to announce to the businessmen and investors in China that South Sudan is open for investment in agriculture and specifically the staple food of China that is soya bean for making tofu.
以“平安校园”为例，现在学生的安全是家校第一大事，学校也好家长也罢，无不天天叮嘱，但每年都有学生在车祸、火灾、溺水中身亡。原因何在？学校家长没教育强调吗？肯定不是。但效果如何呢？所以，可以借助德育微课将安全事故的案例、安全事故的预防，以视频为载体结合老师家长的讲解，制作成10分钟的动画德育微课，可以集中播放，也可以开通微信公众平台传给学生和家长。
品比试验采用间比法排列，无重复，4行区，面积20 m2，每6个品种设置1个对照品种。同一排首、末小区必须是对照品种，并设不少于4行的保护区。全区收获计产，产量比较时以参试品种与两个相邻对照的平均值比较，计算增（减）产百分率，所有品种以增（减）产百分率的高低排序。
通过有限元软件分析结果表明，连杆最短寿命出现在连杆小头与杆身之间的过渡凹槽部位以及连杆杆身的中间部位。
We are a country floating on a wealth of oil resources, but this oil is underdeveloped.South Sudan needs to engage with China in its bilateral relationship to benefit from its technology. We need to increase oil production so that the oil revenue can be used to literally increase farming.
your country’s future development?
We want to strengthen our cooperation in building the economy of the two countries.China has advanced technology. Their booming economy can benefit us and the rest of Africa.
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country. What is the most important issue in
We see agriculture as the future of South Sudan, not oil. Agriculture cannot prosper without roads. We must invest in infrastructure. We want to use China’s technology in our oil sector so we can use the oil revenue to build these roads. We want to be the food basket of Africa because we have vast agricultural land.
In which sectors do you think South Sudan and China need to strengthen cooperation?
企业战略是协调企业和内外部环境的适应性、管理环境的不确定性的有机系统。当企业面临内部环境和外部环境的变化时，将会对企业战略产生变革的要求，对战略进行必要的调整。企业的发展是不断适应内外部环境变化和积蓄自身实力的动态过程，因此，为了保证企业的长远、健康、可持续发展，有必要采取动态管理方法，实施战略变革，以应对复杂变化的环境，提高整合资源的能力。
First of all, we want to strengthen our cooperation in building the economy of the two countries. China has advanced technology as I said previously. Their booming economy can benefit us and the rest of Africa. Infrastructure is vital to us because we are starting from zero. We have no roads,railways or airports of international standard. We also have to improve river transport between South Sudan and Sudan.
Besides, political cooperation is already happening between the two governments.We work with China in many aspects.Within Africa, we have the mechanism of FOCAC, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative. We are looking forward to the First China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo to be held in Changsha [in Hunan Province]where South Sudan will be present. These are areas where we see our cooperation moving forward. Our intentions here are to build strong relations with China. We take the message of President Xi seriously.When he said we want to build a community of shared future on a win-win basis, as Ambassador in China, I must interpret the meaning of this to my government.
John Andruga Duku
My understanding of the win-win basis is that China has got something it can contribute to Africa and we as Africa have got something we can share with China. Now,what is it we are sharing? South Sudan is the country with the most cattle in Africa,but it is not used for economic value. We have lots of goats and sheep as well and these are all opportunities. We are inviting Chinese investors to come and taste our unique beef grown through organic farming. So these are the areas I see cooperation moving forward.
How can the Belt and Road Initiative better align with your country’s development strategy?
For Africans and South Sudanese [in particular], there are a lot of competing interests in the Belt and Road Initiative. To have a portion of the Belt and Road Initiative cake, we must align our priorities with the Belt and Road Initiative. Infrastructure and food security are two areas which are very important in South Sudan-China cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. Food security provides stability, and infrastructure gives opportunity for people to move around.
We need help in bringing technology and realizing food security. We also need help to improve our education and health systems. We are not saying all this should be done by Chinese concessionary loans or grants, but we are putting on the table crude oil for development. Using crude oil for development is a concept introduced by South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit.
China contributes to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. How have these personnel performed in terms of maintaining peace and stability in South Sudan?
One of the biggest contingents of the Chinese contribution to the UN peacekeeping efforts is in South Sudan. Before I took this assignment as ambassador here, I was the director in charge of the UN agencies in Juba, so I know this issue very well.The contingents of Chinese peacekeepers, both police and the army, are playing a big role in South Sudan and have made a difference in terms of stabilization in the country.
We are grateful. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the people of China and the Government of China for the tragedy which happened in 2017,when Chinese peacekeepers lost their lives. We want China to continue to remain engaged. China is the only member of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the UN that have endorsed the current agreement in South Sudan. This also demonstrates China’s commitment and friendship. On behalf of my president and people of South Sudan, I want to thank the People’s Republic of China for endorsing the peace process in South Sudan. CA
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