{"id":46954,"date":"2026-09-30T18:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46954"},"modified":"2026-09-30T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:43:57","slug":"chinese-embassy-in-sa-celebrates-77th-national-day","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/chinese-embassy-in-sa-celebrates-77th-national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Embassy in SA celebrates 77th National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Embassy in South Africa (SA) has hosted a national day celebration in Pretoria to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, drawing together Cabinet Ministers, former heads of state, foreign diplomats, and corporate executives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing guests at the embassy, Chinese Ambassador to SA Wu Peng highlighted China&#8217;s economic milestones and expanding international partnerships, highlighting shared values between Chinese diplomacy and the African principle of Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wu noted that China has established primary trade and development partnerships with over 160 nations, while the Belt and Road Initiative now encompasses more than 150 countries worldwide. He reaffirmed Beijing&#8217;s commitment to high-standard economic opening, sustainable global development, and international peacekeeping co-operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46955,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-46954","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chinese embassy marks 77th National Day in SA","published_date":"2026-09-30 18:38:53","news_description":"Chinese embassy marks 77th National Day in SA","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46956,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46954\/revisions\/46956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}