Editorial

Published: June 14,2023 By staff writer  Author William Blum, in his book, “Rogue State AGuide to the World’s Only Superpower,” narrates the involvement of CIA in the arrest of Nelson Mandela by the Apartheid regime in Africa.  Chapter 23 of the book takes you through the job of an undercover CIA agent who tipped off the …

Published: June 12,2023 By Mweusi Karake Apartments built for poor families relocated from mountainous areas in Guizhou-southwest region of China. The occupants are also given job to sustain them. Photo courtesy: @ Gerald Mbanda, Nov. 2019 Sixty years ago China was as poor as most African countries. Some African countries like, Ghana, Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda had …

Published:June 09,2023 By Staff writer In a panel discussion held in November 2022, titled “Is America Ready for a Multipolar World?“, hosted by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think tank in Washington DC,  former French Ambassador to the UN  Gérard Araud, took a swipe at the U.S as …

Published: June 02,2023 By Gerald Mbanda  Photo courtesy: @Ian Mbanda                                                                                   …

Published: May 30,2023 By Gerald Mbanda                                                                                         …

Published: May 29,2023 By Mweusi Karake Sixty years ago China was as poor as most African countries. Some African countries like, Ghana, Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda had a bettercitizens welfare; I hate to use income per capita, for a country can raise income per capita and remain very poor. An excellent example is a country once called …

Published: May 23,2023 By staff writer At the Athens Democracy Forum in October last year, American economist and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Professor  Jeffrey Sachs said that, “ Chinese official are the best informed professionals I know in the world.” He further spoke of the way Chinese …

Published: May 18,2023 By Staff writer When the Chinese talk about the dream of national rejuvenation they are literally talking about pursuing strength of the country in all its form, rejuvenation of the nation and happiness of the people. China was once a strong country economically and was weakened by foreign …

Published: May 16,2023 By Gerald Mbanda American Economist Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said that a lot of the tension between the US and China arises from the US side. “This is the US’ mistake, because some Americans think that if China is rising, the US must be …

Published: May 15,2023 By staff writer   Chinese and American officials met on May 10 and 11 in Vienna – Austria, a development that caught the world attention. Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, held talks with …