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China-backed high-rise complex project starts capping in Egypt’s New Alamein

Published: December 21,2023 Guests attend the capping ceremony of the D01 residential building of the Alamein Downtown Towers Project in New Alamein City, Egypt, Dec. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai) The Alamein Downtown Towers Project in Egypt’s New Alamein City, a cooperation project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has started …

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2023 marks a decade since Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Africa

Published: December 21,2023 By Halligan Agade It is now ten years since Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Africa, with Tanzania being his first stop on the continent. Data now shows that since that maiden visit, 845 investment projects have been activated, totaling an investment value of $7.8 billion. …

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The Chinese Express Train Running in East Africa

Published:December 20,2023 By Staff writer The railway that Kenyan singer Sudi Boy sings about is the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Spanning from the port of Mombasa in the east to the capital city of Nairobi in the west, the SGR is Kenya’s first railway since independence.  Though the construction …

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Economists’ take on China’s economic outlook in 2024

Published: December 20,2023 By Louise Loo Editor’s note: How will China’s economy develop next year? Three economists share their views with China Daily. MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY A slower, but healthier dragon year China heads into 2024 with relatively loose policy settings, but private sector sentiment constrained by property pessimism. Stimulus will …

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China-built infrastructure source of Angola’s pride, says FM

Published : December 18,2023 China and Angola have seen “many positive and qualitative leaps” in their 40 years of diplomatic ties, and the infrastructure built by Chinese companies in Angola today is “a source of pride for the country,” said Angola’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Tete Antonio. He also said …

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Why Europe is not free to relate to China

Published: December 18,2023 By YANIS VAROUFAKIS LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Hidden constraints harmful to the peoples of Europe and China As the 24th EU-China Summit concluded on Thursday, it is natural to want to look behind the declarations and official speeches to identify the deeper forces shaping the European Union’s relationship …

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RPF, Communist party of China mull deeper ties in fighting climate change, terrorism

Published:December 18,2023 RPF Inkotanyi Secretary General Wellars Gasamagera and Mu Hong, China’s Vice President of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) during a bilateral meeting at the RPF headquarters in Rusororo, Gasabo District on Friday, December 15. PHOTOS BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA The ruling RPF-Inkotanyi and their Chinese counterparts, the Communist Party of China (CPC) have …

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TV drama ‘Welcome to Milele’ represents decades-old China-Africa medical aid cooperation

Published: December 18,2023 This year marks the 60th anniversary since China sent its first medical team to aid Algeria on April 6, 1963. Over the past six decades, China has dispatched over 30,000 medical professionals to 76 countries and regions across the world. Currently, Chinese medical teams are working at 115 medical centers in 56 countries and …

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China-Africa cooperation under “Belt and Road” is based on consultation

Published: December 18,2023 Mr. Ma Hanzhi I think it is the right time to talk about the topic considering the fact that  Africa is currently facing severe infrastructuregaps and the fact that the next year, will be the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. The “the Belt and Road” initiative has aroused the …

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Kenya-China cooperation has unleashed profound benefits, says Kenya’s prime cabinet secretary

Published: December 17,2023 The bilateral cooperation between Kenya and China that was formalized in December 1963 has covered a critical milestone, unleashing fruitful results for both sides, a senior Kenyan official has said.Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s prime cabinet secretary who also doubles up as minister for foreign and diaspora affairs, noted that …

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