Thats when chinese saw us as legitimate government. The weak institution we currently have is exploitable and a push over. Also china has begun a technolgical industrial revolution and have now adapted more aggressive economic policies to grow and support their various projects hence you see what they are doing in the rest of african countries e.g congo also somalia has large uranium deposits and if you put two and two together its obvious china merely sees us a stepping stone for their broader interests they will exploit us like the rest and leave us dry and barren with nothing for us to gain.China will be an important ally to Somalia @Pastoralist @Midas
It's track record in Somalia is great, it's quite ironic because it's unlike their relationship with other African countries today, where their workers abuse them.
This is translated from a German book that explains Chinese and Somali partnership during the Kacaan era.
China took Somalia's side in the 1977 and wasn't afraid to admonish the Soviet for what they were doing. @Keo @Kun_Ciil @Lightshow read the first sentence to this
''she joined the Arab League, the Arab/Muslim factor has remained the major ingredient of her foreign policy rather than her relationship with Moscow.'' What this also shows is that to China our Arab/Islamic leanings is not a threat.