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Embassy of Kenya in China

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. With the Indian Ocean to its south-east, it is bordered by Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya has a land area of 581,309 km2 and a population of a little over 43½ million residents in early 2013. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and second among Africa's highest mountain peaks. Its capital and largest city is Nairobi. Read More

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Address:	No. 4, Xi Liu Street, San Li Tun, Chaoyang District Beijing
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6532 3381 (+86) 10 6532 2473
Fax:	(+86) 10 6532 1770 (+86) 10 6532 3325
Email:	kenrepbj@hotmail.com
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Kenya has consulates in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Address:	Unit 1903, 19/F, Far East Finance Centre 16 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
Tel:	(+852) 2520 5000
Fax:	(+852) 2520 1600
Email:	wktam@kenyaconsulate.org.hk

Kenya China Relations

China–Kenya relations date back to 14 December 1963, two days after the formal establishment of Kenyan independence, when China became the fourth country to open an embassy in Nairobi. Military exchange between the two countries has been increasing in the past decade. General Liu Jingsong, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, led China's first military delegation to Kenya in December 1996; Major General Nick Leshan, commander of the Kenyan air force, paid a return visit in 1997. Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki visited Beijing in August 2005.

Bilateral trade amounted to US$186.37 million in 2002; China exported US$180.576 million to Kenya, while only importing US$5.798 million of Kenyan goods, mainly black tea, coffee, and leather.

Early in 2006 Chinese President Hu Jintao signed an oil exploration contract with Kenya; the latest in a series of deals designed to expand Chinese overseas economic engagement with Africa. The deal allowed for China's state-controlled offshore oil and gas company, CNOOC Ltd., to prospect for oil in Kenya, which is just beginning to drill its first exploratory wells on the borders of Sudan and Somalia and in coastal waters. No oil has been produced yet, and there has been no formal estimate of the possible reserves.

In April 2007, the Jinchuan Group, a state-owned metal manufacturing group, became the first Chinese company to enter Kenya's mining sector, purchasing a 20% stake in Tiomin Kenya.

PRC state-owned China Radio International has operated radio station CRI Nairobi 91.9 FM since 2006.

In January 2010, it was announced that China will finance several infrastructure projects to build transportation links between Kenya and other countries in the region.