Day: December 16, 2025
Forum on combating desertification calls for deeper China-Africa cooperation
Officials and experts from China and Africa on Sunday called for stronger scientific and technological cooperation to address desertification and land degradation, urging closer coordination to advance Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative. The calls were made at the fourth Taklamakan Desert International Forum, held in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, where participants stressed that desertification remains a shared global…
My experience in China in the post-pandemic era
By Bereket Sisay It’s now almost two months since I came to China for five-months of professional journalism training. I came to China with a mixed feeling of contentment regarding my life in the second largest economy in the world while feeling suspicious regarding China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy. I had fears about how I passed through all…