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Zimbabwean minister says Chinese-funded projects instrumental in Zimbabwe’s development

Published: August 10,2024 Zimbabwean Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Felix Mhona has said Chinese-funded infrastructure projects are instrumental in the country’s development. Mhona told Xinhua on Wednesday during the official opening of a section of a highway constructed and funded by the Zimbabwean government in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, that the …

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China-Tanzania joint drill commences tactical training session

Published: August 09,2024 Special ops team member highlights importance of trust in African friends By Guo Yuandan and  Liu Xuanzun Qu Tianci, a member of a special operations brigade affiliated with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 82nd Group Army, participates in the Peace Unity-2024 joint military exercise in Tanzania in early August, 2024. Photo: …

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China’s economy is better than what economists can measure

Published: August 09,2024 By Daryl Guppy Visitors experience various exhibits at the 26th China Beijing International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China, July 13, 2024. /VCG Remember when there were multiple staff in accounts departments calculating employee pay? Then someone had to take an hour or so to go to the bank and …

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Kenya says upcoming FOCAC summit to deepen bilateral ties with China

Published: August 08,2024 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, with Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 25, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] The 2024 summit for the Forum …

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Xi stresses preserving China’s cultural, natural heritage

Published: August 08,2024 A photo taken on April 29, 2023 shows part of the Beijing Central Axis that runs 7.8 kilometers north-south through the heart of the capital city. [Photo/Xinhua] President Xi Jinping has urged further efforts to preserve the country’s cultural and natural treasures and renew their glamour in …

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Team China sets Olympic records and wins historic gold on day 12

Published: August 08,2024 For the first time in the country’s history, China’s acrobatic swim team clinched gold in artistic swimming, finishing with 996 points, a lead of nearly 82 points over the U.S. who took home silver. Weightlifter Li Fabin took home another gold and set a new record in …

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Chinese-built road transforming lives of mothers in rural central Kenya

Published: August 08,2024 Mercy Nyaguthii’s story mirrors that of many former housewives, who stayed home, waiting for their husbands to provide. A native of a serene village in the central Kenyan county of Nyeri, Nyaguthii, a mother of three, would be doing menial jobs for peanuts at best or spend …

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Deepening China’s reform: Global opportunities and implications for Africa

Published: August 07,2024 By Peter Kagwanja The Lujiazui Business District in Shanghai, east China, July 30, 2024. /CFP Certainly, the world is at an inflection point. We also live in an age of pessimism and cynicism. In contrast, China, the world’s second largest economy, has maintained a deep sense of …

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China builds new platform for Sino-African entrepreneurship

Published : August 07,2024 An inauguration ceremony for the China-Africa Economic and Trade Headquarters Building is held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, June 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai) For Taiwan-based China Communications Media Group, a crucial step in their venture into Africa starts a little closer to home, in Hunan, …

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IMF praises China for its resilient growth

Published: August 06,2024 By MINLU ZHANG   The International Monetary Fund welcomes China’s “resilient economic growth and the post-pandemic recovery in private consumption”, according to a new report. Each year, an IMF team visits China and other countries to collect economic and financial data and discuss with officials of each …

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