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…
Chinese doctors bring healing, hope to orphaned children in Tanzania
For Samiri, a 12-year-old Tanzanian orphan, it was his first time seeing ultrasound machines and stethoscopes, as friendly Chinese doctors spoke softly through translators. The Ashura Orphanage Center, in Tanzania’s Dar esSalaam, hosts 73 orphans — 40 males and 33 females, aged between 4 and 20. Members of the Chinese medical teams from mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar came to…
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…
China Marks Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day, Condemns Japanese Militarist Aggression amid Fresh Diplomatic Tensions
By Staff writer Children are seen at the memorial site on Dec 13, 2025. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn] On Saturday December 13, China commemorated the 12th National Memorial Day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. In the winter of 1937-1938, invading Japanese troops brutally massacred 300,000Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers. Bitter historical truth is remembered so that it…
China calls for int’l efforts to help Central African countries enhance security capacity
A Chinese envoy has called for international efforts to help Central African states enhance their capacity for independent security. Security issues in Central Africa remain worrisome as violent extremist incidents occur frequently in the Lake Chad basin and the number of terrorist attacks in the region has long remained high, Sun Lei, China’s deputy permanent representative to the…
China’s pragmatic approach to cooperation spurs a rising global south, says Kenyan expert
China’s pragmatic, inclusive and development-oriented approach to cooperation offers the Global South viable alternatives to traditional Western models, helping lay the foundation for more autonomous and sustainable growth, said Kenyan economist James Shikwati. Amid the accelerating rise of the Global South and deepening multipolarity, such an approach is playing a catalytic role in empowering developing nations to…
Chinese medical team conducts TCM, first-aid training in Sierra Leone
A member of the 26th batch of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone gives a lecture to local trainees in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Dec. 11, 2025. (The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone/Handout via Xinhua) The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone on Thursday conducted the…
The Straight Trees of China: A Story of Environmental Protection and Large-Scale Afforestation
By Gerald Mbanda When I traveled across China, one of the most striking sights I encountered was not its modern skylines or high-speed trains, but something far simpler: trees—millions of them, young and old—standing in disciplined rows, many carefully supported by wooden frames to ensure they grew perfectly straight. It was a quiet but powerful…