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Deputy FM Meets WFP Director to Strategize Humanitarian Aid for Somalia

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In the hometown of Zheng He, the Ming admiral whose fleet called at Mogadishu six centuries ago, China has built a port on a plateau nearly 1,900 metres above sea level. The Tengjun International Land Port shows how rail, customs and cold storage can give a landlocked province the reach of a coastal one.

Addressing young people in the capital, the poet said Mogadishu now enjoys security and called on Somalis everywhere to safeguard peace and statehood.

China's coastal city of Xiamen grew from a 2.5-square-kilometre trial zone into an economy of almost 900 billion yuan by planning for decades and building in the right order. As Somalia begins its own 35-year vision, the Xiamen story offers lessons in patience, finance and partnership.