In May 2019 News Ghana relayed that Chinese visitors to Ethiopia’s National Museum were increasing, and that staff were exploring Chinese-language labels and guides.
The note reflected a wider tourism and diplomacy pattern: more Chinese contractors, traders, and tourists in Addis Ababa, and cultural institutions trying to serve that audience without rewriting Ethiopian history for foreign taste.
Museum language choices look small, but they show who is expected to walk the halls and how soft power travels beside rail and industrial parks.
Kept as culture and tourism archive, the visitor-language file is a dated marker of China–Ethiopia contact beyond loan announcements.
Sources: News Ghana