240 South Sudanese get scholarships to Chinese universities

[Elisabeth Janaina]

240 South Sudanese get scholarships to Chinese universities

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September 2, 2017 (JUBA) – At least 240 South Sudanese students have
been awarded scholarships to study in various Chinese universities.

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South Sudan vice-president James Wani Igga during his visit to China
June 28, 2014 (Larco Lomayat)

The charge d’affaires at the Chinese embassy in Juba, Li Xiangfeng,
said the scholarships cover economics, agriculture, international
relations and medicine fields.

“I would like to appeal to our scholars to come back to South Sudan
for a stronger state building of their nation and a better livelihood
of the people,” Xiangfeng told Xinhua.

“Furthermore, you are also ambassadors of South Sudan to China. We
hope you would come back with not only knowledge and expertise, but
also sincere friendship between our two nations and people,” he added.

The program, the envoy said, is part of China’s contribution to the
development of South Sudan by supporting economic and human resource
development.

The human resource development programs in China, he noted, will boost
the knowledge the people of South Sudan, a country that has been at
war since 2013.

China, according to its envoy, has offered 4,100 scholarships and
short-term training programs for South Sudanese since the young nation
gained independence in July 2011.

Meanwhile, South Sudan’s minister for higher education, Yien Oral Lam
lauded the contribution from the Chinese government and vowed to
cooperate with its people.

“I appreciate our level of interaction with the people of China not
only in the field of education, politics and economic development, but
we want to continue with our social and cultural interaction with the
Chinese people,” said Lam.

China was one of the nations that recognized South Sudan’s
independence from Sudan in 2011.

(ST)