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Embassy of Namibia in China

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië, German: Republik Namibia), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border with Zimbabwe, less than 200 meters of riverbed (essentially the Zambia/Botswana border) separates them at their closest points. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations. Read More

Embassy

Address:	2-9-2, Ta Yuan Diplomatic Office Building
Postal Code:	100600
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6532 4810 (+86) 10 6532 4811 (+86) 10 6532 2211
Fax:	(+86) 10 6532 4549

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Consulates

Namibia has consulates in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Address:	Unit 02, 13/F, Mcdonald's Building, 46-54 Yee Woo Street, Causeway Bay
Tel:	(+852) 2586 1339
Fax:	(+852) 2877 1264
Email:	henrychan@e-consulate.org

Namibia China Relations

People's Republic of China–Namibia relations refer to the bilateral relations between to the People's Republic of China and Republic of Namibia. Governmental relations were first established the day after Namibia's independence, but relations with Namibian independence movements date back to the 1960s.

Chinese support for independence movements

Beginning in the 1960s, during the Namibian War of Independence, China provided various indigenous Namibian independence movements (at first South West African National Union (SWANU) and later South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) with "moral and material support"

China since Namibian independence

PR China and Namibia established relations on 22 March 1990, which was the day after Namibia's independence. The government of Namibia is an adherent to the One-China policy.

Economic relations

China and Namibia have developed close economic relations, with trade increasing two-fold between the two countries from 2003-2006. During a February 2007 visit, Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged Namibia "RMB 1 billion of concessional loans, 100 million US dollars of preferential export buyer's credit, RMB 30 million yuan of grants and RMB 30 million of interest-free loans..."

Migration

A large number of Chinese are estimated to have taken up residence in Namibia since independence. In 2006, their number was estimated at 40,000.

An Yue Jiang scandal

In April 2008, a weapons shipment on the An Yue Jiang sailed from China destined for Zimbabwe. It was stopped from porting in South Africa because of protests regarding the weapons and the disputed Zimbabwean presidential election which had taken place a month earlier. Seeking a destination for the ship, it was rumored that it would be port on Namibia's coast at Walvis Bay. On 24 April 2008, a protest took place in Namibia's capital of Windhoek, where two hundred protesters marched from a Zoo Park in central Windhoek to the Chinese embassy. Among those leading the protesters were Bishop and SWAPO politician Zephania Kameeta and the Legal Assistance Centre. The ship did not port in Namibia.