Published: February 24,2022 Data from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) shows the Mombasa port’s overall throughput was 34.44 million tonnes in 2019 compared to 30.92 million the previous year. /Kenya Ports Authority Declining shipping costs between China and the Kenyan port of Mombasa is set to benefit east African consumers, the Kenyan industry said on Tuesday. …
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China and Africa: Ethiopia case study debunks investment myths
Published: February 23,2022 By Weiwei Chen Women workers sow children’s underwear at a textile factory in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Photo by Kay LinkedIn Common perceptions about Chinese engagement in Africa are that it is one-dimensional and sometimes biased. One common problem with this perception is the seeming acceptance of what’s called ‘methodological nationalism’ – that the …
Read More »EU pushes for infrastructure buildup in Africa, but experts urge bloc to team up with China via BRI
Published: February 23,2022 Experts urge bloc to team up with China By GT staff reporters The main structure of the China-Aided Project of Africa CDC Headquarters Building (Phase I) in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa Photo: Courtesy of CCECC With the EU and the African Union (AU) and their member …
Read More »Beijing 2022 Olympics closes with fitting, symbolic ‘willow twig’ goodbye
Published: Performers during the “willow twig” farewell performance at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Stadium, Beijing, China, February 20, 2022. /CFP The closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics drew the two-week competition to an end on Sunday in Beijing. The …
Read More »A Step toward Africa’s First Covid-19 Vaccine of Its Own
Published:February 22,2022 By Akshaya Kumar A vial of the Covid-19 vaccine. Lisa Ferdinando/U.S. Secretary of Defense/Flickr. Efforts to combat the vast global inequity in access to Covid-19 vaccines just got a boost. A Cape Town company claims it successfully made a vaccine that mimics Moderna’s messenger RNA vaccine–without any help …
Read More »CMG interviews IOC President Thomas Bach
The China Media Group(CMG) interviewed International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. President Bach shared his opinions on the legacy of the games, and on CMG coverage.
Read More »Kenya’s China-built eastern bypass expansion in Nairobi to be completed in June
Published: February 21,2022 Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2021 shows a section of the 27.1-kilometer Nairobi Expressway which is being constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in Nairobi, Kenya. /Xinhua The dualling of the 27 km Nairobi eastern bypass, which is being constructed by China Communication Construction Company, will …
Read More »China, U.S. still searching for the golden age 50 years after historic Mao-Nixon meeting
Published: February 21,2022 By Stephen Ndegwa China’s leader Mao Zedong and U.S. President Richard Nixon met to normalize relations between two countries, February 21, 1972. /CFP This year marks the 50th anniversary of a momentous event that has almost been forgotten due to the unceasing tension between the United States and China. …
Read More »The Beijing Winter Olympics, A promise Fulfilled, In spite Of The Adults In The Bubble.
Published: February 20,2022 By staff writer China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong skate to gold in the pairs program. “We realized our dreams in our homeland,” Han said. (David J. Phillip/AP) The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are closing today, and have been the most-watched Winter Games ever, according to data from the International Olympic Committee. Chinese athletes won a total …
Read More »US decision to grant itself Afghanistan assets condemned.
Published: February 20,2022 By Staff writer Biden administration has been widely condemned for awarding itself USD 3.5 billion of Afghanistan’s frozen assets as compensation for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In a decree issued recently by the US administration said that US holds more than 9 billion US dollars frozen assets of Afghanistan’s central …
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