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Beijing’s New Man in Kampala

by Eric Olander

China’s newly-appointed ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong, presented his credentials on Wednesday to Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo. During the brief ceremony, Zhang also gave Odongo a copy of the 668 page “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume Three.”

Prior to his arrival in Kampala, Zhang spent four years as China’s envoy to the South Asian island state of the Maldives.

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