China's Xi Receives Warm Welcome on South Africa State Visit

Johannesburg, South Africa - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for an official state visit, full of pomp and ceremony, on the side of the BRICS summit on Tuesday. Xi was greeted in Pretoria with a 21-gun salute as the two countries marked 25 years of diplomatic relations.

Ramaphosa welcomed Xi warmly, recalling how Beijing supported South Africa's struggle against apart