In the days leading up to Children’s Day in 2023, the yard of the Bethanie Orphanage in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, was filled with medical and daily necessities sent by the Chinese embassy.
Over the past decade, the Chinese embassy and Chinese companies in the Republic of the Congo have frequently visited the center. Octavie Bopenda, head of the Bethanie Orphanage, recalled the visit by Professor Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in 2013.