The FOCAC Summit
A Turning Point in Human History

This section includes five articles reporting on, and related to the just concluded Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit, which took place in Beijing, China on Sept. 3-4. This conference, attended by leaders of 53 out of 54 African nations, was a watershed event, the type of inflection point around which the entire future of the human race might turn. The message from the conference is one of hope and promise for a better future, both for Africa and for every human being throughout the world.