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Africa shines at import expo, eager to test big Chinese market

Business people from different parts of Africa bumped shoulders at crowded showrooms of the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, looking forward to exploring a market with nearly 1.4 billion people.

Fenta Bernabas Berhanu, an Ethiopian coffee trader who has been to the CIIE for the first time, was very excited to meet Chinese counterparts in this trade.

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