Features

Lifting millions out poverty, what lessons can Africa get from China?

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 …

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Chinese experience helps African countries advance sustainable urbanization

Published:June 12,2023 This photo taken on June 1, 2023 shows a view of Friendship Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Xinhua/Wang Ping) During the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly in the Kenyan capital here, “green buses” providing shuttle services to the delegates were eye-catching. The buses were in …

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CMG holds first “Twinkle Star Project” animation tour in Nairobi, Kenya 

Published : June 11,2023 China Media Group’s (CMG) “Twinkle Star Project” first animation tour after its launch was held on June 10, at the Village Market in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The event was attended by students from Mcedo Beijing School and the China-Kenya cultural center. During the event, CMG screened …

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Scholars, officials of China, Tanzania vow to advance South-South cooperation

Published: June 11,2023 Scholars and officials from China and Tanzania attended a seminar Wednesday with both sides pledging to promote South-South cooperation. The one-day seminar, themed “Nyerere, China and South-South Cooperation: Friendship, Solidarity, and Common Development,” was held in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam on the occasion of the inauguration …

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Xi Focus: Xi urges Inner Mongolia to pursue green development, advance Chinese modernization

Published: June 10,2023 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, hears a work report from the Party committee and government of Inner Mongolia and delivers an important speech in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous …

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Chinese Bridge competition ignites craze for Chinese language in Ghana

Published: June 10,2023 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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The U.S. has a “containment policy” against China. Former French
Ambassador to UN

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 …

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Zimbabwe to deepen cooperation, promote development of traditional friendship with China: president

Published:June 09,2023 Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday received the Letter of Credence from the new Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding at State House in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe is willing to deepen cooperation with China in various fields. He said China has provided great …

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China’s quest for urban renewal could inspire cities worldwide, says senior UN official

Published: June 08,2023 The strategic measures that China has adopted to green its cities are a boon to the global quest for sustainable urbanization, climate resilience and inclusive growth, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), has said.China has been a pace-setter in urban regeneration in the recent past, …

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Africa50 and Sustainable Development in Senegal

Published: June 08,2023 By Koffi Dumor Africa50 is an infrastructure investment platform that was established by the African Development Bank in 2016 with the goal of mobilizing private sector funding for infrastructure development in Africa. The organization’s focus is on projects that are both commercially viable and have a positive impact on …

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