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Published:September 07,2022 By Harry Verhoeven and Nicolas Lippolis Africa’s growing debt has been increasingly framed as a consequence of China’s alleged aims of unscrupulously lending money to gain political leverage and seize African assets when states default. New research challenges this narrative and examines the continent’s debt position in relation to global institutional frameworks. …

Published: September 06,2022 China Media Group (CMG) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) on the production of international broadcast feed for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The agreement was signed in an online ceremony on Monday in the presence of CMG President Shen Haixiong and OBS …

Published:September 06,2022 Fight for ‘green gold’ as gangs target South Africa’s avocados A ceremony in Beijing commemorating the arrival of the first batch of avocados from Kenya also served as a launchpad to welcome more African produce into the vast Chinese market. This follows the arrival of some 20 tonnes …

Published: September06,2022 By Ismail Musa Ladu Chinese President Xi Jinping. PHOTO| AFP/FILE What you need to know: In Africa, China is already running a Satellite TV Project targeting over 10,000 villages on the bloc.  The Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation closed with the Chinese and African media pledging to deepen cooperation …

Published: September 05,2022 By Gong Zhe UThe U.S. National Security Agency conducted over 10,000 malicious cyberattacks on China in recent years, a report said on Monday. /CFP The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) conducted over 10,000 cyberattacks against China in recent years and is suspected to have stolen 140 gigabytes of valuable data, according to a …

Published: September 05,2022 By Staff Writer  The dean of the School of Law at HuazhongUniversity of Science and technology in central China Hubei Province Wang Xigen, is among the intellectuals who have criticized the recent UN report that claims human rights abuses were committed in Xinjiang against ethnic monitories. Wang said the report doesn’t hold …

Published: September 05,2022  Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Friday praised China’s support for Gabon’s economic and social development, vowing to strengthen bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership.The Gabonese head of state made the pledge while welcoming the assumption of office of China’s new Ambassador to Gabon Li Jinjin at the Presidential Palace. Bongo said since …

Published: September 04,2022 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaksvia video link during the opening ceremony of the international symposium to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the signature of the UNCLOS, September 1, 2022. /Chinese Foreign Ministry China upholds freedom of navigation rather than freedom to sail at will, Chinese …

Published:September 04,2022 By Adnan Akfirat   A Uygur family harvests ripe grapes in Turpan, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/People’s Daily Online] My first trip to China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was in 2004. I have visited Urumqi, Turpan, and the Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang and have been impressed by …

Published: September 03,2022 By XU WEI  The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. [Photo/IC] A key meeting of the Communist Party of China on Tuesday proposed that the Party’s 20th National Congress will be convened in Beijing on Oct 16, highlighting the event as an occasion to continue promoting common …