The year 2021 has so far witnessed many of the Chinese dreams come true, including the fulfillment of the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the successful completion of the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceflight mission. Let’s take a look back. Building a moderately prosperous society “Through …
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Africa: Statement by African Ministers of Finance and Economy on the IMF
Meeting on September 30, 2021 of African Ministers of Finance and representatives from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to discuss Africa’s response to the COVID-1. As finance and economy ministers of Africa, multilateralism for us is more than just an abstract foreign policy issue. …
Read More »Forging ahead to boost human progress
By Chen Xiaodong OPINION: While pursuing its own development, China has stood united and co-operated with South Africa and other African countries to tide them over in difficult times. Chen Xiaodong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to South Africa. This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party …
Read More »Nigeria: Buhari Orders Lifting of Twitter Ban ‘Only If Conditions Are Met’
Pixabay (file photo). President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the ban on Twitter operations in Nigerian should be lifted if the micro blogging media platform meets conditions listed by the Nigerian Government. In his national broadcast on Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary Friday, Buhari said following the suspension of Twitter operations on June 5, Twitter Inc. reached …
Read More »Lessons from the 2021 China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo
By Africa China Review Staff Writer At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summit of the FOCAC held in September 2018, President XI Jinping proposed that China would launch 8 major initiatives in close collaboration with African countries, including a decision to open a China-Africa economic and trade expo in …
Read More »US-China ties consequential, should be brought back to right track ASAP: Chinese ambassador
China’s ambassador to the US Qin Gang speaks during an online discussion hosted by the Carter Center and the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China relation, Sept 22, 2021. [Photo/Chinese Embassy in the US] Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang said on Tuesday that the consequential China-US ties …
Read More »Africa can learn from China on Low-Carbon Sustainable Development
By Africa China Review Staff Writer In the next 20 years, Africa will be home to more than 2 billion people. The continent will thus experience a significant increase in its energy needs for transportation, industrial production, air conditioning of buildings and cooling of food and medicine and more. Africa’s …
Read More »Xi unveils plan to turn China into talent hub
By XU WEI A robot dances at the Zhongguancun Forum exhibition in Beijing, on Sept 25, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn] Country aims to rank among world’s best as strategic force in science by 2035 President Xi Jinping has set out a vision to develop China into a global hub …
Read More »How China built a moderately prosperous society
On September 28, the Chinese government released a white paper titled “China’s Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity.” The paper details how China established itself as a “moderately prosperous society.” Chinese President Xi Jinping declared in July this year that thanks to the continued efforts of the whole Party and …
Read More »Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, and Kenya account for about 80% of investments in Africa – AfDB
By Victor Oluwole Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa accounted for more than a third of the incubators and accelerators and 80 per cent of investment in Africa.Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa were also among the top three countries that attracted the …
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