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Xi stresses agriculture, rural areas, farmers as top priority for CPC

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at the central rural work conference in Beijing, capital of China. The central rural work conference was held from Dec. 28 to 29 in Beijing. …

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Major direct investments by China will contribute to South African Economic Development: report

By Wang Lei Major direct investments by China are welcomed and will contribute to the economic development of South Africa, according to a report jointly released by Longyuan South Africa Renewables and South African think tank Price Metrics (Pty) Ltd. The report, Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa by Chinese and …

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Xi Jinping highlights fight against COVID-19, economic growth and poverty alleviation in 2021 new year message

Africa China Review Team. In a televised New Year address, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted key achievements of the country in various sectors. He lauded the country’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and took time to thank different institutions, professionals and ordinary citizens for the hard work and sacrifice. …

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Belt and Road Initiative is not debt-trapping Africa

Over the last three years, a new type of groupthink has emerged among many Western media and policy think tanks in their geopolitically motivated efforts to malign China. They’ve claimed that China is practicing a new type of colonialism, which is coined “debt-trap diplomacy.” China is charged with deliberately luring …

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What’s behind China’s success in eradicating absolute poverty?

By Zheng Yongnian Editor’s note: In 2020, China realized its goal of eradicating absolute poverty nationwide, which means that over the past 40 years, China has lifted around 800 million people out of poverty. How did China do it? And what’s next for China’s poverty alleviation efforts? Zheng Yongnian, dean of …

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Trump’s foreign policies hurt U.S. and its allies more than China

Verizon jumbotron advertises 5G network at Times Square in New York, U.S.. /Getty Since Donald Trump ascended to the U.S. presidency, he has made it his mission to destroy China and pressured its allies and friends into siding with America on the crusade. But in doing so, he screwed the …

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Leadership the key for beating poverty

By LIU HONGJIE and OTIATO OPALI Firm direction has been vital in China’s efforts to raise living standards, providing inspiration for Africans in growth quest, Kenyan politician says Editor’s note: As China aims to eliminate extreme poverty and be a “moderately prosperous society” (xiaokang shehui) in time for the 100th …

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World’s first 350 km/h freight train off assembly line

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2020 shows a bullet freight train with a maximum operational speed of 350 km per hour on trial. A bullet freight train with a maximum operational speed of 350 km per hour was rolled out in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, (Photo by Wu Kechao/Xinhua) …

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Africa Continental Free Trade Area minimum requirement: Trust and Free movement of people.

By Mweusi Karake My ex-boss and mentor, Erastus Mwencha, whom I worked under as Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), as his first Public Relations officer, the position that I held under him form entire 10 years of service at COMESA, when his COMESA …

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China still strongest link in global supply chains

Country became the world’s largest trading nation in 2013, a position previously held by the US. In Summary •China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world since 2009, which according to World Bank estimates amounted to US Dollars 2.641 trillion in 2019. •Indeed, companies that rely heavily …

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