On Friday's  Backchat, Global Focus will discuss Sino-African relations. 

Leaders from over 50 African countries and the United Nations are gathering in Beijing to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, discussing matters ranging from climate, debt, infrastructure and security. 


In his keynote speech on Thursday, President Xi Jinping said that China would further contribute to Africa's development, by allocating over US$50 billion over the next three years whilst also pledging to provide US$140.9 million in food aid to the continent's most underprivileged nations. 


After 9:40, we talk about Pope Francis' 12-day Asia Pacific trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.



9:05am-9:45am: China-Africa summit

9:05am-9:45am: Brian Wong, RTHK commentator and Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong

9:05am-9:45am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist; former Director General of Social Welfare

9:05am-9:30am: Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)

9:45am-10:00am: Pope's Asia visit
9:45am-10:00am: Michel Chambon, Research Fellow in Religion and Globalisation, National University of Singapore