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Published: February 14,2023 An Ethiopian dressed up as the Chinese God of Wealth (R front) hands out gifts for Chinese passengers at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 20, 2017. The Ethiopian Airlines held a special event for Chinese nationals returning home for the Chinese New …

Published: February 14,2023 By GERT GROBLER  SHI YU/CHINA DAILY The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicted very recently that the global economic growth will slow down. The IMF, however, pointed out that output would be more resilient than previously anticipated, inter alia, due to the reopening of China’s …

Published: February 13,2023 By Gerald Mbanda Following the incident of US shooting down a Chinese civilian airship (balloon) over which Chinese authorities had informed Washington that it had deviated by accident and used for meteorological purposes, Washington insisted it was on a spaying mission.  On Tuesday last week while giving his second State of the Union address, Biden …

Published: February 13,2023 After a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s outbound group tour has pressed the “restart button,” and the first batch of Chinese tourists have arrived in, among others, Thailand, Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Starting Feb. 6, travel agencies and online tourism service …

Published: February 12,2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday encouraged members of a Chinese medical team sent to Africa to benefit local people with their medical proficiency and medical ethics. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made …

Published: February 12,2024 Thirteen Kenyan immigration officers were awarded certificates for successfully completing a Chinese language proficiency course at a ceremony held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Thursday.The award ceremony held at the University of Nairobi’s Confucius Institute was graced by senior officials, diplomats, scholars, and students. Alexander Muteshi, …

Published: February 11,2023 By Gao Yun China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts (taikonauts) completed their first spacewalk at 00:16 a.m. BJT Friday with all set tasks fulfilled, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Fei Junlong, who opened the hatch door of the Wentian lab module, initiated the extravehicular activities (EVAs) at …

Published: February 11,2023 Chinese contractors and their infrastructure projects are playing a role in the growth of Africa’s real estate sector, experts said on Thursday. Boniface Abudho, a research analyst at the global property consultancy Knight Frank, told Xinhua in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that road and rail infrastructure …

Published: February 10,2023 The Ethiopian government on Wednesday said the Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway has augmented its contribution to Ethiopia’s import and export sector. The commendation came after senior Ethiopian officials along with Abdi Zenebe, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Share Company (EDR), visited the railway on the same …

Published: February 10,2023 A Leopard 1 main battle tank stands on the factory premises of Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, February 4, 2023./CFP A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday called for great attention to the flow of weapons and ammunition into the Ukrainian conflict, which could pose proliferation risks. Noting the flow …