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 …
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CPC sets out plans for key 20th Congress
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 …
Read More »Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
Published:September 03,2022 The drought in the Horn of Africa region has been compounded by climate change, conflict, rising food prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. /CFP Photo Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Adimba said at the …
Read More »Space log: China’s Shenzhou-14 astronauts complete first spacewalk
Published: September 02,2022 China’s Shenzhou-14 astronauts, or taikonauts, successfully completed their first extravehicular activities (EVAs) at 00:33 (Beijing Time) on Friday, which lasted about six hours, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMS). Taikonaut Chen Dong and Liu Yang, who went outside the cabin, returned safely to the Wentian …
Read More »Angolan business leader commends consistent, reliable Angola-China cooperation
Published: September 02,2022 President of the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce (CAC) Luis Cupenala has commended what he said is “tremendous” cooperation between Angola and China, saying the level of bilateral cooperation has been consistent and reliable. In a recent interview with Xinhua in Luanda, Angola’s capital, Cupenala said that such cooperation has contributed to …
Read More »Businessman on life in China, how it shaped entrepreneurial journey
Published: September 02,2022 Gatera during the interview. / Photos: Willy Mucyo For some time now, China has been among the world’s fastest-growing economies, with real annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaging 10% annually, a pace described by the World Bank as “the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history.” To …
Read More »Xi Jinping calls for an open, shared services economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for an open and shared services economy to inject momentum into the recovery and development of the world economy. Xi made his remarks in a congratulatory letter to the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which opened on Wednesday in …
Read More »US proposed sale of $1.bn arms to Taiwan violates One China Principle
Published: September 01,2022 By Staff writer After the US sent two ships through the Taiwan Strait in a so called ‘freedom of navigation’ exercise, the world saw this as an outright provocation of China which happened after the controversial visit to Taiwan by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Again it should be noted that, twelve days after …
Read More »Africa: Accelerate Building a China-Africa Community With a Shared Future in New Era
Published: September 01,2022 H.E. LU Kun In November, 2021, the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Ministerial Conference was successfully convened in Dakar, Senegal. The Conference adopted four outcome documents including the Dakar Declaration. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of nine programs for China-Africa cooperation. Since the Conference, …
Read More »Africa and the China’s Taiwan question
Published: August 31,2022 By Charles Onunaiju Despite the provocative visit of the retiring US House speaker, Mrs. Nancy Pelosi to the Taiwan region of the People’s Republic of China in July, obviously designed to obfuscate the status of the region, African representatives to the recent coordinator’s meeting on the implementation of the …
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