By Rania Aboelkheir Published: December 26,2024 For years, China has embraced a developmental approach focused on green development, particularly since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) during the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in April 2019. This initiative underscores China’s commitment …
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More African banks in China positive for FOCAC financial integration
By Ikenna Emewu Published: December 25,2024 The need for improved financial integration between African countries and China to power the global economy is one of the key objectives of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Back in 2018, the Nigerian central bank said that about 35 percent of requests for foreign exchange …
Read More »Canadian and Western sanctions and their ‘democratic’ mess
Published: December 25,2024 Radhika Desai Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at Andrews Air Force Base to attend the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2024. /CFP China’s recently-announced sanctions against two Canadian organizations, the “Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project” and “Canada-Tibet Committee,” are countermeasures. Unlike the West, China does not impose illegal …
Read More »China warns US side against military support to Taiwan
By JIANG CHENGLONG China’s Defense Ministry is firmly opposed to and strongly condemned the latest United States military aid and arms sales to China’s Taiwan region, a spokesman said on Monday. The ministry spokesman Wu Qian made the remarks in response to the recent approval by the US government to provide approximately …
Read More »Chinese-constructed project brings clean water to Botswana villagers’ backyard
Published: December 24,2024 This photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024 shows part of a water treatment plant constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Botswana in Boteti, Botswana. (Xinhua/Teng Junwei) One morning, your correspondent braves the scorching sun and stops by the home of Mmabaledi Tebalo, a resident of Mokobaxane Village, Boteti region of northern Botswana. As his …
Read More »First China-Ethiopia Film, TV Festival opens to promote cultural exchange
Published : December 23,2024 Ethiopia State Minister of Culture and Tourism, Nefisa Almahdi The first China-Ethiopia Film and TV Festival commenced Saturday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, aiming at promoting cultural exchange among the BRICS member states through collaborating in the film industry. The groundbreaking event marked …
Read More »RMB moves to take 4th spot as currency for global payments: SWIFT
Yuan’s exchange rate will maintain stability amid steady economic recovery: expert By Ma Jingjing File photo shows a worker counts Chinese currency Renminbi(RMB) at a bank in Linyi, east China’s Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei) The Chinese yuan moved one position up to the fourth most active currency for global payments by value in November, with a …
Read More »One absurd soap opera after another: Chinese FM condemns false ‘forced labor’ narrative concerning Xinjiang pepper
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs In response to some media outlets claiming that pepper products sold in US and British supermarkets contain materials produced by “forced labor” in Xinjiang by citing a report from an anti-China scholar, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that the report mentioned by some …
Read More »China-Ethiopia Friendship Relay Race held to promote road safety, healthy life
Published: December 21,2024 The team of Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia stands first among the diplomatic community competitors in the 2024 edition of the China-Ethiopia Friendship Relay Race in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Dec. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) The 2024 edition of the China-Ethiopia Friendship Relay Race was held …
Read More »First China-aided agricultural training session kicks off in DR Congo
Published: December 21,2024 State Minister for Agriculture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Gregoire Mutshail Mutomb (C) listens to an introduction on an agricultural cooperation project at the center for demonstration of agricultural techniques and the popularization of rain-fed crops in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Dec. 19, 2024. …
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