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How did Xi Jinping join the CPC?

Published: July 08,2023 By Ma Chi  File photo taken in 1973 shows Xi Jinping (2nd L) poses for a photo with other urban educated youths in Liangjiahe. [Photo/Xinhua] When the Communist Party of China was founded in 1921, it only had around 50 members. In more than a century, as more …

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China-Africa trade expo boon to deepening economic partnership, say experts

Published: July 08,2023 By Marwa Yahya With great potential for cooperation, the economic partnership between China and African countries is constantly moving forward, Egyptian experts said, as the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo concluded on Sunday in Changsha, capital city of central China’s Hunan Province. “Chinese investments advance development momentum in …

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China, Morocco sign deal to boost agricultural cooperation

Published : July 07,2023 Tang Renjian (L), China’s minister of agriculture and rural affairs, and Mohamed Sadiki, the Moroccan minister of agriculture, maritime fisheries, rural development, water and forests, sign a memorandum of understanding in Rabat, Morocco, on July 4, 2023. China and Morocco on Tuesday signed here a memorandum …

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Why is China an attractive partner for Africa?

Published: July 06,2023 By Paul Frimpong This photo taken on May 23, 2023 shows trains of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Nairobi, Kenya. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a “business card” of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration project of the Belt and Road …

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Defense ministry decries US approval of potential arms sales to Taiwan

Published: July 06,2023 By JIANG CHENGLONG  Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense. [Photo/mod.gov.cn] China expressed firm opposition and lodged a solemn representation to the United States after the country approved a new round of potential arms sales to Taiwan, China’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, adding …

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China and Africa Youth Meet in Hunan

The China-Africa Youth Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship Held in Changsha Published: July 05,2023 The China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Innovation Demonstration Park in Changsha, Hunan Province (COURTESY PHOTO)  The promising future of China-Africa cooperation cannot be accomplished without the innovation and creativity of youth. Themed “Stimulate Enterprising Spirit …

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China: Economic powerhouse, Peacemaker

Published: July 05,2023 By David Monyae Picture: Vladimir Astapkovich, Genya Sailov, GavriilGrigorov/AFP – On April 26, 2022, President Xi Jinping, centre, spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy, left, at the invitation of the latter. They spoke of China-Ukraine relations and the Ukraine crisis. Xi also met with Vladimir Putin.  In February, 2023, China released a …

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UNDP, China Promoting Renewables in Ethiopia

Published: July 04,2023 UNDP, China Promoting Renewables in Ethiopia The United Nations Development Program has hailed its partnership with China in promoting the affordable renewable energy in the Global South, highlighting a project with Ethiopia that seeks to expand access to renewable energy in the African country. UNDP Ethiopia Deputy …

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“Luckily, we have been very close to China,” says Tanzania’s Zanzibar president

Published: July 04,2023 Tanzania’s Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, June 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan) As the world is grappling with challenges like political tensions and climate change, Africa and China will continue to keep …

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China in my own eyes after COVID19 pandemic

Published: July 03,2023 By Gerald Mbanda Shanghai City. Photo credit. @Gerald Mbanda I have been to China for a ten days visit that took me to the cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, XI’an and Beijing. It is difficult to know that these cities were once in a lockdown and everything came to a standstill …

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