这应该是一个南非人说的话，其中至少有四处语法错误。

As I mentioned before, maybe culturally China was quite differently from the experience that I had before. But China as you may know, has a closer relationship with South Africa. So coming here first and foremost I found that the relation between my country and China were very close and very active, which also meant more work for me. There are a lot of area where we cooperate with China. As I speak, this year is the Year of China in South Africa, and I think the previous year was South Africa Year in China.

1 表语应该用形容词，此处用副词differently为错误。

2 were 应为单数was, 主语为the relation.

3 area应为复数areas。

4 speak应为said. As I said. 这里不可能是时间状语，与后面的句子无法衔接。

所以，你知道这段话的大意就行了，不要扣语法了。