<正>ON October 10,2013,the Chinese ambassador to Mali hosted a party at the embassy for the media workers who would soon head for China for a training program.The reception hall was fronted by a giant group photo of President Modibo Keita with China’s late leader Mao Zedong,reminding us of the two countries’cooperation in the late 60s and early 70s.In those days,Malian students studied Quotations from Chairman Mao and eagerly read the publications of New China.The two great leaders died within one year of one another,in 1977 and