Published:May22,2022 By Azhar Azam CFP For some time, U.S. intelligence has been branding China as an “unparalleled priority” and a “formidable challenge.” No threat, it believed, loomed larger than the one posed by Beijing. China’s economic, diplomatic, military and technological advancement to build a stable and modern world is one core motivation driving the …
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President Xi calls on BRICS countries to inject stability into international relations
Published:May 21,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to firm up their belief and take real action to promote peace and development. Xi made the remarks while delivering a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Read More »Mombasa Port: How Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts
Published:May 21,2022 A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In December 2018, a leaked letter from the Kenyan auditor-general’s office sparked a rumour that Kenya had staked its bustling Mombasa Port …
Read More »China plans world’s first search for habitable planets outside our solar system
Published:May21,2022 An artistic illustration of exoplanets. /CFP Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out, will be …
Read More »Xi Jinping calls on BRICS countries to make the pie of cooperation bigger
Published: May 20,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to engage in dialogue and exchanges with more emerging markets and developing countries to make the pie of cooperation bigger and the force for progress stronger. He made the remarks during a video address at the …
Read More »Xi calls for joint efforts to defeat COVID-19, reinvigorate global trade
Published:May20,2022 By GT staff reporters Photo: VCG Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for joint efforts to defeat COVID-19, reinvigorate trade and investment, unleash the power of innovation in driving development, and improve global governance, as the world is facing a pandemic and drastic changes both unseen in a …
Read More »WHO pledges full support as Tanzania launches vaccination against polio
Published:May20,2022 As Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to provide technical support and coordination for the vaccination campaigns. The WHO said in a statement that it would provide technical support in collaboration with UNICEF and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. …
Read More »Full Text: Xi Jinping’s speech at conference marking 70th anniversary of CCPIT
Published: May 19, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the conference of the 70th anniversary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit via video link on Wednesday. Following is the full text of the address: Address by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the …
Read More »China ranks prominently in International Digital Economy Governance
Published:May 19,2022 By Gerald Mbanda Prof. Zha Daojiong-Peking University How can the seeming differences between Chinese positions on governing the digital economy and those as revealed in multilateral digital economy agreements be harmonized? This is a question that was paused by Professor Zha Daojiong, at the School of International Studies and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking …
Read More »Raila Odinga now leads in presidential race – Tifa poll
Published: May 19,2022 By Ndubi Moturi Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga (left) and Deputy President William Ruto. Jeff Angote & File | Nation Media Group Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga has shot seven points in under a month to poll 39 per cent, after naming Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, a new poll has shown. On the flipside, his main challenger, …
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