Geo-Strategic Trend - 263. page

Western countries are rallying together against China in Africa, warned International Herald Leader of Xinhua on December 27, 2007.

On October 2, 2007, Sohu News published the Outlook Weekly’s interview with Bolat Nurgaliyev, the Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

A Myanmar delegation held an investment promotion on October 28 at the Expo to attract investments from China. Chinese investments in Myanmar as of the end of 2006 had reached 475 million U.S. dollars.

On October 26, 2007, The Epoch Times published an open letter from Wang Zhaojun, a committee member of Anhui Province People’s Political Consultative, to Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. Wang said that China must go through a political reform to resolve its social issues.