Published: December 15,2024 By Stephen Ndegwa The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 3, 2024. /Xinhua The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh comes at a critical time when desertification …
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China’s Luban Workshop fuels young Kenyans’ innovative spirit
Published : December 9,2024 By Ronald Njoroge, Li Hualing Dickson Esamai is busy working on his agricultural innovation with his teammates at the Luban Workshop at Machakos University, about 65 km southeast of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. The fifth-year student, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering, is developing a device that seeks to …
Read More »Notre-Dame de Paris reopens with China’s pioneering role in restoration
Published : December 09,2024 People gather outside the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in the rain in Paris, France, Dec. 7, 2024. Five years after being devastated by a fire, the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopened on Saturday with a grand inauguration ceremony attended by world leaders, believers, …
Read More »BRI delivers benefits to all, says former S. African diplomat
Published: December 08,2024 The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has promoted global growth and delivered mutual benefits to all involved since its launch in 2013, one former ambassador has said. Gert Grobler, a former South African ambassador to Spain, Japan, and Madagascar, told Xinhua that Western aid programs are often …
Read More »Chinese FM responds to Trump’s pick of former senator David Perdue as new US ambassador to China
Published: December 08,2024 David Perdue Photo: VCG In response to reports that US President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday via social media his selection of former senator David Perdue as the next US ambassador to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that “I have noticed the relevant reports,” without …
Read More »Tanzania hosts conference on Chinese modernization and African development
Published : December 07,2024 Tanzania on Thursday hosted a conference on Chinese modernization and African development to expand China-Africa cooperation through the mechanism of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.Opening the conference in the port city of Dar esSalaam, Patrobas Katambi, deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for labor, youth, employment and …
Read More »China to train over 1,300 foreigners in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Published: December 07,2024 CFP China plans to train 1,300 foreigners in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) over the next three years, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM) said on Wednesday. The training program was unveiled at the closing ceremony of the 2024 World Conference on Traditional Medicine in Beijing. …
Read More »Chinese drilling team turns Egypt’s desert into farmland
Published: December 06,2024 An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 23, 2024 shows farmlands developed after wells were dug by Chinese firm ZPEC (China’s Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corp., Ltd.) in the desert of Aswan province, Egypt. (ZPEC/Handout via Xinhua) by Xinhua writer Yao Bing In early winter, the warm sun …
Read More »President Xi stresses building strong, modernized information support force
Published: December 06,2024 Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the information support force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build a strong and modernized information support force and to realize leapfrog development of the Chinese military’s network information system. Xi, also general secretary …
Read More »Xi: Modernization bodes well for world
China’s growth over past 40 years hailed as ‘breathtaking success story’ By Zhang Yunbi and Zheng Caixiong Published: December 05,2024 Journalists covering the 2024 Understanding China Conference enter the conference venue in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province, Dec 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] The Chinese path to modernization “meets the aspiration of 1.4 billion people for …
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