Liberia acceded to membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 28 July 2020, as a non-regional member joining a host of 102 other countries comprising 44 regional members, 36 non-regional members and 22 prospective members. Other African countries that have already joined the club include Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, …
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Editor’s note: China and the U.S. are widely believed to be at the forefront of and, by some account, in a race to dominate the global AI revolution. Richard Turrin, the author of the best-selling “Innovation Lab Excellence”, who previously headed IBM’s Fintech Innovation Lab in Singapore and IBM’s banking …
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Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body of China, has donated medical supplies to the Senate of Rwanda, becoming the latest support China has provided to the central African nation since COVID-19 broke out here in March. The donation of 22,400 disposable medical masks was handed …
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China-developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, succeeded in maiden flight from sea.With long-range and long-haul capabilities, the AG600 is designed to operate in complex weather and environment conditions. China’s indigenously-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft succeeded in its maiden flight over sea on Sunday morning in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong …
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Oil trades at a negative price. Unemployment in the United States is nine times greater than during the period following the Global Financial Crash (GFC) in 2008. A poorly managed response to COVID-19 infections and a medical system that favors the affluent, means around two thousand people are dying every …
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Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai said that the U.S. has to make “a fundamental choice” as to whether it’s ready to live with China in peace and cooperate with the rising power to jointly tackle global challenges. Speaking on CNN’s GPS program, Cui said “people have to fully recognize the realities …
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2020 marks the 50th year of the establishment of bilateral relations between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the People’s Republic of China. The theme of the commemoration is : China –Ethiopia at 50: Ancient Civilizations and New Partners, is aimed at looking back to the last fifty years …
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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create new opportunities for China-Africa cooperation, an Ethiopian expert said on Tuesday. Gedion Jalata, a senior advisor to the UNDP South- South Cooperation and a former consultant to UNECA-Capacity Development Division, said the AfCFTA requires strong infrastructure linkage across the African continent, …
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Chinese and African media representatives agreed to fight fake news, stigmatization and politicizing the corona virus pandemic by strengthening cooperation and providing evidence based and scientifically accurate information. The commitment was made last Thursday, in a one day virtual China-Africa Media Forum hosted by the Belt and Road Journalists Network. …
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Editor’s Note: China is striding firmly toward achieving its goal of eliminating absolute poverty by the end of this year. What are the factors behind its imminent success? In the second of a series of commentaries, a senior journalist of China Daily tries to find the answers. If China, as …
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