Published: July 25,2022 By Michael Olugbode China has moved towards further cementing her economic ties with Africa as the imports into the Asian country from the African continent reached US$50.2 billion between January and May this year. Speaking at the 11th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum with theme: “Promoting the …
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Rocket carrying Wentian lab module blasts off
Published:July 23,2023 A Long March-5B Y3 rocket, carrying China’s space station lab module Wentian, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province on Sunday. Click here for the special coverage. The Wentian, which means “quest for the heavens,” will form the second part of China’s three-module space …
Read More »Xi extends congratulations on Egypt’s 70th national day
Published:July 24,2022 President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, on Egypt’s 70th national day. In the message, Xi said that in recent years, Egypt has steadfastly followed the path of independence, made vigorous progress in national development, and played an important role …
Read More »U.S. spoiling for a fight by meddling in Taiwan
Published:July 24,2022 By Stephen Ndegwa Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters in the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2022. /VCG In one of its strongest statements yet to the United States concerning its interference on Taiwan region, China on July …
Read More »Chinese enterprises, Uganda’s top university to boost talent training cooperation
Published:July 24,2022 Vice Chancellor of Makerere University Barnabas Nawangwe(2nd L) shakes hands with Zheng Biao (2nd R), a representative of China Enterprises Chamber of Commerce in Uganda, after signing a memorandum of understanding at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, on July 21, 2022. Chinese enterprises in Uganda on Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding with Uganda’s Makerere University in …
Read More »Xi: Youth have vital role in development
Published: July 23,2022 By ZOU SHUO A photo taken on July 21, 2022, shows the World Youth Development Forum, which is being held from Thursday to Saturday. [Photo/Xinhua] In congratulatory letter, he says young people represent hope, create tomorrow President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for young people in all countries …
Read More »Chief of UN body says China’s poverty eradication worth learning
Published:July 23,2022 Photo released by the United Nations on July 23, 2021 shows a portrait of Collen Vixen Kelapile, the new president of the UN Economic and Social Council. (Mark Garten/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) China has set an example on poverty eradication, particularly amid intersecting global crises, United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council …
Read More »Studies show private Western lenders create most of African debt burden
Published:July 22,2022 By Xinhua writer Zhu Shaobin * African governments owe three times more debt to Western banks, asset managers, and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. * The so-called debt-trap narrative exploited by the West against China is untrue, African scholars and economists told Xinhua. …
Read More »China urges the international community to work together to jointly deal with food crisis
Published:July21,2022 A farmer works at the Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT) in Nueva Ecija province, the Philippines on March 25, 2022. The Philippines is reaping fruits of its agricultural collaboration with China in increasing food supply and safeguarding food security in the country, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said on …
Read More »Rwanda unveils recreational eco-tourism park in capital city
Published:July21,2022 Rwandan government on Monday unveiled a recreational center that was created after restoration of a degraded wetland area in the capital city of Kigali. The Nyandungu Eco-Tourism Park, the first recreational center opened in Kigali, represents the value of restoring urban ecosystems, and will serve as a blueprint for …
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