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 …

Published: August 19,2022 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday proposed building a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era at a meeting reviewing the progress made in China-Africa cooperation.  At the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in …

Published:August 19,2022 By DU XIAOHUI The Tazara passenger train serves travellers between Zambia and Tanzania. Picture by BBC. On August 10, 2022, President Hakainde Hichilemaattended the commissioning ceremony of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) Memorial Park.TheTAZARA is the largest foreign aid project since the founding of China. During the process of assisting the construction of TAZARA and technical cooperation, …

Published: August 19,2022 After winning the fight against absolute poverty and completing the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, the phrase “common prosperity” has gained prominence as China is determined to better the lives of more people. “Chinese-style modernization is modernization featuring common prosperity and …