The President of China, Xi Jinping, stated that Somalia was the first East African country to establish ties with China during the Ming Dynasty

[Fobnimo Till I Dhimo]

In a meeting with the Xasan Sheikh, the President of China, Xi Jinping, stated that Somalia was the first East African country to establish diplomatic ties with China and brought up Zheng He, the Chinese navigator who sailed to Somalia during the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago.


Xasan Sheikh's speechwriter needs to be fired Asap, waxaan maxa waye?

 

[Pastoralist]

That means nothing on the current political stage. However, at least he’s not embarrassing us like he usually does. Rather he says this than

“Somalia wa gaajo, aafkood cunto may saarin”
In front of press and world leaders, then idiot Somalis coming to defend it with “wa runta” when that’s not the point. It lacks political etiquette, if our nation comes from a place of desperation, we will be taken advantage of, not helped.

can’t tell if he’s just saying this to Xi only because he’s a western puppet, or if he’d keep this same fortitude of making somalia look strong with UK, USA, UAE, Dutch, and ITY aswell.

 

[Idilinaa]

He is reading out something written for him that he doesn't even understand, instead of reciprocating the good historical message the Chinese president gave .
and if speaking English is to difficult for him , he should just speak Somali so he can better express himself , just like how the Chinese president speaks Chinese.

Btw Somalia actually reached out to China via the port of Zeila as early as the 800s , so the diplomatic and trade ties go back 1200 years. Guangzhou in particular which was a historical Muslim region in China , merchants baring catties of incense , glass vases, dates, rose water, sugar and grapes during the Song Dynasty

But this is one is an awsome find though it actually mentions Zayla as the center in the 8th century.



They even detail trade expeditions of Merchants of Zela visiting Guangzhou. Great stuff.