Editing Foreign relations of China (section)

=====Samoa=====
The diplomatic relations between China and [[Samoa]] were established in 1975.<ref name="english.cri.cn">[http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/04/10/2021s631192.htm "Chinese Ambassador Describes China-Samoa Ties as Friendly Partnership"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020104633/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/04/10/2021s631192.htm |date=20 October 2012 }}, Xinhua, 4 April 2011</ref>

In the late 1980s, China began sending doctors to the Samoan National Hospital, and sent over a hundred over the following two decades.<ref name="english.cri.cn" /> Samoa significantly increased its volume of imports from China in the late 2000s, while also increasing its exports to that country. In 2010, Samoa reached a record trade deficit in its relations with China, at [[Australian dollar|A$]]70m.<ref name="Pacific trade with China" /> In 2007, China provided Samoa with an x-ray machine and several volunteer doctors.<ref name="RNZI_35612">{{cite news|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=35612|title=Samoa national hospital to get Chinese funded x-ray machine|date=8 October 2007|work=[[Radio New Zealand International]]|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213172837/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=35612|archive-date=13 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, China donated over €1,360,000 to Samoa to fund its education policies.<ref name="RNZI_37542">{{cite news|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37542|title=China to give Samoa more money for education|date=20 January 2008|work=[[Radio New Zealand International]]|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213172846/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37542|archive-date=13 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2008, following unrest in Tibet, the speaker of the Samoan [[Fono]] (legislative assembly), Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua, stated that foreign leaders should not interfere with China as it deals with "internal affairs", and that they should not meet the [[Dalai Lama]].<ref>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/27/content_6568524.htm "World leaders voice support for China's handling of riots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009054653/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/27/content_6568524.htm |date=9 October 2012 }}, Xinhua, 27 March 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.samoaobserver.ws/ "Samoa backs China's handling of Tibet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117152536/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/ |date=17 January 2013 }}, ''Samoa Observer'', 27 March 2008</ref>

In June 2008, Samoa announced it would be opening diplomatic missions in China and Japan – the country's first diplomatic offices in Asia.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/23/content_8423639.htm "Samoa to establish diplomatic offices in China, Japan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051535/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/23/content_8423639.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}, Xinhua, 23 June 2006</ref> In September, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement indicating that China and Samoa have always "conducted fruitful cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, agriculture, sports, culture, education and health, as well as international affairs", and that China intended to "make more tangible efforts to support Samoa's economic and social development".<ref>[http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t513637.htm "President Hu Jintao Meets with Samoan Prime Minister"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214194642/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t513637.htm |date=14 February 2012 }}, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17 September 2008</ref>

In 2010, the Chinese government-funded China-Samoa Agricultural Demonstration Farm was established in Nu'u with an aim "to train the Samoan farmers on voluntary basis through Chinese agricultural planting techniques". About 500 Samoan farmers received training from Chinese agricultural experts.<ref name="english.cri.cn" />

In 2011, 57 Samoan students were studying in China on a Chinese government sponsorship.<ref name="english.cri.cn" />