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China’s State Council Information Office on Friday issued a white paper detailing the country’s cooperation with Africa in the new era.The white paper, titled “China and Africa in the New Era: A Partnership of Equals,” said shared past experiences and similar aims and goals have brought China and Africa close …
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The Top Five Most Prospective African Countries to Watch
By Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe THE TOP FIVE MOST With a landmass bigger than India, China, the US and Europe combined, few doubt the scale of the African continent and its resources. However, until recently, only some have seen it as the growth market that it is fast becoming. Africa has grown …
Read More »China adheres to people-centric democracy
By Xu Wenhong China Daily After the talks between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, via video link, on Nov 16, The New York Times and other Western media summed up the achievements of the meeting, with one media outlet saying: “The US and Chinese leaders spoke about human rights, …
Read More »Belt and Road Initiative transforming Kenya’s development space: report
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposed by China eight years ago, is transforming Kenya’s development space in a profound way, said a report released Wednesday. According to the report by Africa Policy Institute, a pan-African think tank, since the BRI was proposed in 2013, China has supported modern infrastructure …
Read More »What South Africa Can Learn From China on Crime Control
ANALYSIS By Casper Lotter Comparative criminology is not just an academic exercise. In view of Africa’s ongoing and deepening engagement with China, it is worth asking what South Africa can learn from that culture when it comes to some of its most pressing social problems. The People’s Republic of China has been very successful at crime control. …
Read More »The myth of American democracy
By Alfred de Zayas Activists and demonstrators take part in a march and demonstration at the U.S. Capitol during the Move On and Poor People’s Build Back Better Action in Washington, D.C., November 15, 2021. /Getty In a world of fake news, fake history, fake law, fake diplomacy, it is no surprise to encounter …
Read More »Focac @20 – a Milestone to Cement China-Africa Relations
By Mazvita Makuyana Africa and China are preparing for the 2021 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) which will be held in Senegal at the end of November. This year’s conference is significant because it marks a major milestone of two decades since the first summit was held in Beijing in …
Read More »ASEAN rejects U.S. power games by upgrading ties with China
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sent a strong signal to the world on November 22 that it desires peace and regional stability by establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership with China. This is the strongest level of diplomatic ties short of a treaty alliance. U.S. power game tacticians will …
Read More »BRI’s contribution to the world has been enormous over past 8 years
By Andrew Korybko A China-Europe freight train runs through a national gate at the China-Mongolia border at Erenhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, January 8, 2021. /Xinhua It’s been eight years since Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in fall 2013. He first proposed the Silk Road Economic …
Read More »Young Nigerians draw inspiration from China to engage in farming
By Olatunji Saliu One of the biggest life dreams of Mukhtar Musa-Daud, a young Nigerian livestock farmer, is to establish one of the largest rabbit farms in Africa’s most populous country. Since leaving the university five years ago, Musa-Daudhas refused to accept a white-collar job as advised by his parents, especially his mother, who, …
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