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Can U.S. learn a lesson from China’s democracy?

Published:December 16,2021 The flags of China, U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song By Gerald Mbanda The recent democracy summit that was called by U.S.president Joe Biden, inviting some countries and leaving out others …

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COVID-19 cases surging in Africa at fastest rate this year, but deaths remain low

Published: September 16,2021 Updated forecasts warn that Africa may not reach 70 percent vaccine coverage until August 2024. With the total number of recorded cases during the pandemic standing at 8.9 million, Africa recorded more than 196,000 new cases last week, up from around 107,000 in the previous week. The …

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Xi envisions world with benefits for all

Published: September 15, 2021 By ZHANG YUNBI   Tourists visit Badachu Park decorated with red lanterns in Beijing, China, Oct 2, 2019. [Photo /Xinhua] President calls for collaboration on balanced global growth that leaves no country behind Editor’s note: China Daily presents a series of reports illustrating how the Global Development Initiative, first …

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18 WFP Aid Trucks Commandeered in Northern Ethiopia

Published: September 15, 2021 By Margaret Besheer UNHCR/Hazim Elhag Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the country’s northern Tigray region, rest and cook meals near UNHCR’s Hamdayet reception centre after crossing into Sudan. For the second time in a matter of days, food aid for starving Ethiopians has been stolen from the World Food Program in northern Ethiopia, the …

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When will Japan ever Apologize for the Nanjing Massacre?

Published: September 14.2021 By staff writer December 13, each year, is a National Memorial Day in China for remembering Nanjing Massacre Victims.Nanjing Massacre or Nanking Massacre named after how the city was called then is also referred to as Rape of Nanjing which happened in (Dec 1937- January 1938), when Japanese Imperial Army seized Nanjing port city, during the Sino- Japanese war before …

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AU chairperson calls for support for vaccine, medicine manufacture in Africa

The African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday called for supporting African initiatives in the manufacture of essential medicines and vaccines beyond COVID-19 as this is key to global health security. Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the 55-member pan-African bloc, made the remarks at the Vaccines and Global Health Security Session of the Group of …

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US should listen to African countries and world on rights to choose own governance systems.

By Staff Writer  The recently held US “democracy summit” was viewed by many around the world as meant to divide the world for geopolitical reasons rather than democracy intentions. By inviting some countries deemed allies to the US and leave out others, was evidence enough to show that the summit was more of a political end agenda rather …

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Africa’s Free Trade Area Can Deliver Considerable Inclusive Economic Growth for the Continent

Shutterstock / donvictorio The Port of Durban, the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could reduce COVID-19-induced growth contraction, poverty and inequality trends and spur sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent if stronger support measures targeting women, young traders and small businesses …

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Meeting shows US promoting ‘division’, not democracy

By inviting Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a fugitive wanted in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for suspected anti-national security activities, to give a lecture at the so-called Summit for Democracy, the US administration has not only distorted the true meaning of democracy but also exposed its political hollowness. Law was elected …

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China’s Whole-Process People’s Democracy in World Civilisations

By Chen Mingjian Democracy is a common value of humanity, and it is also an important idea that the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese people have always adhered to. On 4th December, 2021, the Chinese government released the white paper “China: Democracy That Works”, which comprehensively expounds …

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