Month: October 2025
China leads by example on Global South climate action
By Romina Khurshid Alam Employees use a drone to maneuver photovoltaic panels for installation on the roof of a coal shed in Ma’anshan, Anhui province, on May 5, 2025. ZHANG MINGWEI/FOR CHINA DAILY At September’s 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one statement stood out among many during the week of debate: the…
GGI reaffirms China as leading defender of peace
By Harald Brüning WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY The proposal of another global initiative and the two major international events, held in Tianjin and Beijing in September, have reaffirmed China as a leading proponent of global peace and development. President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin on Sept…
President Xi Jinping’s Keynote at Global Leaders’ Meeting assurance of his Commitment to Women’s Empowerment
By Gerald Mbanda President Xi Jinping is set to attend and deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women, scheduled to be held in Beijing from October 13 to 14, Oct, 2025. This high-level event, bringing together heads of state, policymakers, and global influencers, comes at a pivotal time when the…
Chinese medical team offers free clinic in Tanzania’s Zanzibar
The 35th batch of the Chinese medical team to Tanzania’s Zanzibar on Wednesday held a free medical clinic at the Botanic Garden, providing services to residents in rural and remote areas. The event aimed to deliver quality medical services directly to local communities and ease the challenge of limited healthcare access, especially for women, according…
China appreciates South Africa’s move to relocate Taiwan institution
Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, speaks to journalists in Beijing, China, June 23, 2025. /VCG China appreciates the South African government’s resolute advancement of the relocation process for a Taiwan institution in South Africa, and believes that Taiwan authorities’ attempt to counter the international consensus on the one-China principle by weaponizingsemiconductors is bound to…
Chinese workers help build Egypt’s new landmark
A worker works at a construction site of the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 5, 2025. (Photo by Li Binghong/Xinhua). As many Chinese families were celebrating the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, a group of Chinese builders were working on the Central Business District (CBD)…
Botswana’s Francistown mayor commends Chinese community’s contribution
Mayor of Francistown Gaone Majere has commended the Chinese community and the Chinese medical team in Botswana’s second largest city for their contribution to the local economic and social development. Speaking at an event to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival held in Francistown on Sunday, Majere praised the Chinese community and businessmen for their efforts to tackle unemployment in the city. He invited…
China’s Vision for Shared Prosperity: A Model of Global Inclusive Development
By Gerald Mbanda Chinese-built Super Highway in Nairobi-Kenya. Photo Credit: Xinhua China stands out as a nation actively promoting inclusive development, mutual respect, and shared prosperity in a world increasingly divided by economic nationalism and unilateralism. Its vision extends beyond national borders, emphasizing that no country, especially developing nations, should be left behind in the march…
Chinese company begins construction of amusement park in Ghana
Zheng Xiangming, chairman of China’s Greenhouse International Development Group, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bright International Amusement Park in Afienya, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, Oct. 4, 2025. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua) A groundbreaking ceremony for an ultramodern amusement park built by Greenhouse International Development Group, a Chinese company, was held on Saturday at Afienya,…
Chinese firms launch solar project to light up Nigerian capital city
Nyesom Wike (C), minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), lights up a sample solar streetlight during the launch ceremony of the “Light Up Abuja” project in Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 2, 2025. (CCECC/Handout via Xinhua) Two Chinese construction firms, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and CGCOC Group Co., Ltd., have officially broken ground…