As part of a drive initiated by China's Ministry of Commerce to help improve livelihoods in Africa, 142 agricultural projects have been set up across the continent, including 14 specialized agricultural technology demonstration centers. In this video D J Clark travels 85 kilometers outside the Ethiopian capital to visit the new Ethiopia-China Agricultural Technology Demonstration centre and speak to the people involved in its creation.

Formed just ten years ago, the African Union has quickly become a key institution in the continent for building peace and stability as well as dealing with common issues affecting all 54 countries. In this video China Daily reporter D J Clark visits the new 800 million RMB Africa Union headquarters donated by China to investigate why supporting the institution is important for long term food security in the continent.

Born, brought up and educated in Beijing, Lu Wei has since worked all around the world on UNICEF health programs. Now director of UNICEF Ethiopia's health program she sat down with China Daily to tell her life story and explain why it's important for China to be supporting health care in Africa.

In the second in a series of videos on the African food crisis, D J Clark meets a family struggling to survive in Ethiopia's worst hit area. The horn of Africa has suffered it's worst drought in sixty years and although the seasonal rains are now starting to arrive, in Ethiopia, 4.5 million people are still reliant on direct food aid to survive according to the UN. Last week the first of a series of Chinese food shipments arrived in Ethiopia to help the local government deal with a shortfall of food aid.

The UN estimates there are currently 13.3 million people across the horn of Africa in need of emergency assistance divided between Ethiopia (4.5 million), Kenya (3.75 million) and Somalia (4 million) plus an additional 150,000 in Djibouti. In the first of a six part series D J Clark describes the current situation and the role China is playing in the relief effort.

In the eighth of a series of travel stories D J Clark stops over for one night in Bangkok, where he is taken on a whirlwind tour of some of Bangkok's night markets, temples and eateries.

In the seventh of a series of travel stories D J Clark travels to one of Asia's most conflict ridden cities in the west of Mindanao, the Philippines. Spending a morning under the guard of three Marines he took a tour with a local TV reporter of this historic yet troubled city.

In the sixth of a series of travel stories D J Clark meets photographer Kat Palasi in the old shopping district of Manila, Philippines and takes him on a short tour of her childhood memories.

In the fifth of a series of travel stories D J Clark takes the fast train from Beijing to Tianjin to spend a day with documentary maker Du Hai discovering parts of his home town often missed by normal tourist trips.

In the fourth of a series of travel stories D J Clark Takes up a recommendation to spend a weekend in Xiamen and takes to the internet to find local residents to give him hints on places off the tourist trail.