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Published : July 18,2022 By GT staff reporters Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with residents in the Guyuanxiang community in Tianshan district, Urumqi, during his visit to Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from July 12 to 15. Photo: Xinhua Eight years after his visit to China’s Xinjiang region in 2014, Chinese President Xi …

Published:July 18,2022 By: Mweusi Karake The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which officially came into place on 1st January 2021, will if well implemented; be one of the largest trading blocs in the world.  I am aware that my usage of “if” sounds pessimist, but as they say “once bitten twice shy”. I grew up in East Africa when …

Published:July 13,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has urged young people across the Taiwan Straits to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. Xi made the remarks in a letter replying to young people from Taiwan who are …

Published:July13,2022 By ZHAO JIA Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Bali, Indonesia, July 8, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing is willing to recalibrate bilateral ties based on mutual respect, FM says Beijing has urged Canberra to seize the current opportunity and reshape …

Published:July13,2022 By David Ochieng Mbewa The flags of some of the member states of the East African Community. /Getty Images The Democratic Republic of Congo is officially a full member of the East African Community (EAC) after depositing its instruments of ratification with the bloc’s secretariat on Monday. A delegation …

Published:July12,2022 By Anthony Moretti U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken gives statement at the press conference after attending the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, July 9, 2022. /CFP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not berate the Chinese delegation during the G20 summit in Indonesia. That …

Published:July12,2022 By Michael Sikapundwa, Kilosa Esther Peter, Peapea primary school teacher in a pink dress. One of the public schools invited for two weeks of soybeans processing training for three district councils organized by the Morogoro regional office with the collaboration of China Agricultural University (CAU). ( photo: Michael Sikapundwa) …

Published:July11,2022 By staff writer Ambassador Dai Bing Chinese UN deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Dai Bing, has called for west Africa and Sahel regions to “stay committed to the overall direction of resolving political differences (in West Africa and the Sahel) through dialogue.” The diplomat made …

Published:July 11,2022 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (Photo: Kenya Airports Authority) The current political campaigns and upcoming elections in Kenya are not a problem for the tourism industry and tourism leaders are encouraging both international and domestic tourists to continue with plans to visit and travel within the country. Veteran hotelier, …

By WANG XIAODONG Published:July10,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping (R front), accompanied by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, inspects the guard of honor before their talks in Kigali, Rwanda, July 23, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua] Editor’s note: China Daily is publishing a series of stories reviewing President Xi Jinping’s visits at home and abroad in the …