‘It is my honour to serve’: New Chinese Ambassador Wu Peng reveals his big plans for China-South Africa relations

President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping has unleashed one of the Asian giant’s diplomatic heavyweights to South Africa as ambassador plenipotentiary, with a mission to escalate the unparalleled trade, economic and political ties, improve people-to-people relations and contribute to Pretoria’s extensive job creation drive.IOL was granted the opportunity to sit down with the affable Ambassador Wu Peng, former director-general of China’s Department of African Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, just days after he took the reins at the Embassy of China in South Africa.“I…