Encounters in China 25 Robert & Qingfeng 植物界的中非合作

There are lots of cross-border friendships and in some sense, it is these friendships that build understanding between people from different countries and make the world a better place. For more about these encounters between Chinese and people from other country, please check out the series “Encounters in China“ from the playlist Robert Gituru (Kenya) wanted to study for a PhD in Botany in China. Many universities rejected his application because he could not speak Chinese. But when he applied to Wuhan university, Prof. Wang Qingfeng read his application. Wang had a passion for Africa after a research trip to Kenya, so accepted his application. In Wuhan, Robert and Wang worked closely together for three years. Robert researched aquatic plants, and that meant lots of fieldwork in rural areas of China. Often Wang and Robert would do this fieldwork together. If you like our channel, you may subscribe to it at