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Embassy of Ethiopia in China

Ethiopia, officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 91,000,000 inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populated nation on the African continent. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi), and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa Read More

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Address:	No. 3, Xiu Shui Nan Jie, Jian Guo Men Wai Beijing
Postal Code:	100600
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6532 5258
Fax:	(+86) 10 6532 5591
Email:	ethiochina@ethiopiaemb.org.cn ethchina@public3.bta.net.cn
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Consulates

Ethiopia has consulates in the following cities

Guangzhou
Hong Kong

Address:	Room 810, Grand Tower, No 228, Tianhe Road
Postal Code:	510620
Tel:	(+86) 20 3835 0575 / 76
Fax:	(+86) 20 3835 0585
Consular District:	Guangdong , Guangxi , Hainan , Fujian , Hunan , Jiangxi

Address:	Unit 24, 3/F, Block B Focal Industrial Center, 21 Man Lok Street, Honghom, Kowlong
Tel:	(+852) 2363 0200 (+852) 2363 0222
Fax:	(+852) 2363 0222
Email:	ethiopia_consulate@yahoo.com.hk

Ethiopia China Relations

People's Republic of China–Ethiopia relations were established in 1970. Ethiopia has an embassy in Beijing and the People's Republic of China has an embassy in Addis Ababa. By 2009, direct Chinese investment in Ethiopia had reached US$900 million and bilateral trade had grown to $1.3 billion

History

Despite this early commercial contact, neither side showed much interest in diplomatic activity with one another until the twentieth century. China was one of only five governments which refused to recognize Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. Relations were poor during the Haile Selassie era, when Ethiopia was allied with the western powers in the Cold War. Chinese support for the Eritrean People's Liberation Front contributed to tension from 1967. However, the two countries established diplomatic relations on 1 December 1970 when China agreed to recognize Eritrea as Ethiopian, in exchange for Haile Selassie's recognition of Taiwan as Chinese.

Relations improved for a short period after the Ethiopian revolution of 1974, but became strained as the Ethiopian military junta developed increasingly close ties with the Soviet Union. After the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front took power in 1991, relations have steadily improved, with increasing diplomatic contacts and growing trade and Chinese investment in the Ethiopian economy.

Abole incident

In April 2004 fighters from the Ogaden National Liberation Front, a group of ethnic Somalis seeking independence from Ethiopia attacked workers at an exploratory oilfield in Abole, a small town about 120 km south of Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia. They killed about 65 Ethiopian and nine Chinese workers, and kidnapped another seven Chinese. The oilfield is run by a subsidiary of the government-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). A Sinopec spokesperson said that the incident would not discourage the firm from further exploration. The Chinese Foreign Ministry avoided discussing the attackers' motives beyond stating that they were attempting to sabotage China's relationship with Ethiopia. A Chinese team was dispatched to investigate what had happened and look into ways of improving safety in the future.