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Chinese Bridge competition ignites craze for Chinese language in Ghana

Published: June 17,2023 The Chinese Bridge competition in Ghana concluded here Thursday with 12 Ghanaian contestants competing for the championship. During the competition, the contestants not only recounted their love and passion for the Chinese language in their speeches but also put on a variety of talent shows to demonstrate …

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Xi urges troops to forge ‘great wall of steel’ in guarding Chinese borders

Published: June 16,2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), delivers an important speech during a fact-finding trip to survey the work of border management and control and the development of border troops …

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China’s poverty eradication and its implications for global human rights governance

Published: June 16,2023 By Zhang Weiwei With more than 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has eradicated extreme poverty, lifted about 800 million people out of poverty, and brought over 400 million people into the middle-income group. This is a miracle in the history of human civilization and has far-reaching …

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China, Palestine issue joint statement on establishing strategic partnership 

Published: June 15,2023 China and Palestine issued a joint statement on the establishment of strategic partnership between the two countries on Wednesday during Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s state visit to China. Both sides agreed to support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests and major concerns. China said …

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China-backed project helps Nigeria build “green wall” against desertification 

Published: June 15,2023 A vast expanse of yellow sand came into sight as a convoy of three vehicles left behind crowded buildings in Kano city and drove further north into the arid landscape of north Nigeria’s Kano state, where the encroaching desert threatens the ecosystems and livelihood of local people. …

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Update: Xi sends congratulatory letter to forum on global human rights governance 

Published: June 14,2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum on Global Human Rights Governance. At a time of severe challenges facing the global human rights governance, China stands for safeguarding human rights with security, respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, …

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Xi, Ramaphosa phone call sets pace for China-Africa relations

Published: June 14,2023 By Stephen Ndegwa National flags of China and South Africa. /CFP The recent conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa must have sent chills down the spine of the West. Apart from being the second largest economies at global and continental levels respectively, China and South …

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How the CIA Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 28 Years: Book Review

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 …

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African academicians, diplomats impressed by Chinese inclusive growth in tackling poverty 

Published: June 13,2023 African academicians and diplomats have said they were impressed by Chinese inclusive growth in tackling poverty. Humphrey Moshi, a professor of economics at the state-run University of Dar es Salaam and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam, said on Saturday the Chinese economy …

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Chinese, African experts call for collaboration against desertification

Published: June 13,2023 This photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows the opening ceremony of the Third Taklimakan Desert Forum and the Second Training Workshop on Desertification Combating for the Great Green Wall of Africa in Urumqi, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengbin) Over 180 researchers from 14 countries …

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