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Published: February 05,2023 By Charles Ray Historians debate over how long a relationship has existed between China and Africa. Archeological evidence recovered from the ruins of Great Zimbabwe and along the coasts of eastern and southern Africa suggest trade ties date back more than 2,000 years. There is definitive evidence of contact in the …

Published: February 04,2023 Global respondents have strong confidence in Chinese economic recovery, according to recent surveys by CGTN Think Tank. One survey shows that 86.8 percent of global respondents recognize China’s efforts to coordinate COVID-19 prevention and control with economic and social development, while only 9.03 percent of them believe that …

Published: February 04,2023 China is ready to work with the United Nations (UN) to address global challenges, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday during his meeting with Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th UN General Assembly. China is willing to work with all parties to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, …

Published: February 03,2023 By He Wenping Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang returned to Beijing late last year after serving as ambassador to the United States in Washington, and in just over a week’s time he began the new year with a trip to Africa. From January 9 to 16, Qin visited five African countries …

Published: February 03,2023 South Sudan’s Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil (R, front) and Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan Ma Qiang (L, front) display some of the textbooks and teaching aids donated by the Chinese government in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 1, 2023. South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction on …

Published : February 02,2023 By XU WEI  An employee observes a robotic arm working at a smart production facility in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, in July. SU QIAOJIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the need to accelerate the establishment of …

Published: February 02,2023 China calls for an end to the “China threat” narrative and attempts to incite confrontation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily news briefing in response to a query about a joint statement issued by Japan and …

Published: February 01,2023 China rebuked Western countries’ claim at Tuesday’s news briefing that China has caused a debt trap in Africa and should bear more responsibility in reducing Zambia’s debt burden, with Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, saying that multilateral financial institutions and Western commercial creditors are …

Published: February 01,2023 By Gerald Mbanda US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield  In mid-January, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenstarted a 10 day African tour that took her to Senegal, Zambia and South Africa. While in Senegal, Yallenvisited Gorre Island known for its role in the 15th- to 19th-century Atlantic slave trade from which …

Published: February 01,2023 By Wang Xiaoyu [Photo/VCG] China has recently granted conditional approval to two homegrown COVID-19 oral pills, according to theNational Medical Products Administration. One of the newly-approved medicines, XIANNUOXIN, was jointly developed by SimcerePharmaceutical Group, headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, as well as Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Wuhan Institute of Virology and …