Published: August 23,2022 China successfully launched the Chuangxin-16 (or Innovation-16) test satellite into space atop the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket on Tuesday. The rocket blasted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 10:36 a.m. The satellite, developed by Innovation Academy for Microsatellites under the Chinese Academy …

Published: August 23,2022 The Ethiopian government reiterated its commitment to peaceful resolution of the conflict in the northern part of the country. The statement was made by the Ethiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu on Saturday, as he emphasized that the federal government is trying to resolve the situation in the northern part …

Published: August 23,2022 By Chen Qingqing  and  Liu Xuanzun US-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercises start on August 22, 2022 in South Korea. Photo: VCG  South Korea and the US officially kicked off the biggest joint military drills in years on Monday, which include an array of contingency drills and involve thousands of troops, …

Published:August 23,2022 By Keith Lamb A cotton farmer holds his granddaughter at a cotton field in Shawan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 24, 2021. /Xinhua I’ve made no qualms about criticizing the recent UN special rapporteur’s report on contemporary forms of slavery, which believes China is engaging in forced labor. The fact that …

Published: August 22,2022 By staff writer  Allegations that China is overseeing the forced labourof Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are “credible and persuasive”, a UN expert on slavery Tomoya Obokata, a Japanese academic, who is a special rapporteur for the United Nations, wrote. In a report to the UN General Assembly the special rapporteur on contemporary forms …

Published:August 22,2022  When the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017, Grace Wambui, a middle-aged Kenyan trader, could thus transport her goods seamlessly to earn profit.Constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation, the 480-km modern railway line, linking Kenya’s port city of Mombasa to the capital …

Published: August 21,2022 Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. [Photo/fmprc.gov.cn] China will support and facilitate the entry of more high-quality and distinctive African agricultural and food products into the Chinese market, bringing more tangible benefits to the Chinese and African people, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a …

Published: August 21,2022 The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a “business card” of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration project of the Belt and Road Initiative, an official of the railway operator has said.“Over the past five years (since the railway’s opening), …

Published:August 20,2022 America’s ploy to peel Taiwan off of China. /CGTN If the Biden administration could use “separation of powers” as the excuse to rid itself of being responsible for U.S. lawmakers’ continued visit to China’s Taiwan region, it can’t get off the hook this time. On August 17, the Office …

Published:August 20,2022 by Elias Shilangwa The desire to ensure the growing and continuous supply of mushrooms prompted Stephanie Sakala, a resident of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, to undergo a mushroom training program financed by China. Sakala, the Operations Manager at Maiwase Farm, a subsidiary of Kasalari Development Corporation, and two other workers decided to undergo oyster mushroom …