Features

By Yike Fu   I was recently out shopping in Hangzhou to buy a bottle of wine as a birthday gift for a friend. Now, I’m no wine connoisseur, so admittedly I struggled to pick one. But while scanning the shelves, I spotted a bottle from South Africa. It struck me that …

Maitreya Bhakal A general view of the atmosphere during the 2021 Coronado Fourth of July Parade in Coronado, California, the U.S., July 3, 2021. /Getty America is obsessed with anniversaries – whether at home or abroad. Every year on July 4, the government directs its people to celebrate “Independence Day” – a …

By Gerald Mbanda 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC celebrated on 1st July 2021 On 1st July, China celebrated one hundred years of the founding of the ruling party – The Communist Party of China (CPC). It was a great milestone in the history of the country, the leadership …

Mokgweetsi Masisi, Botswana’s president and SADC chair for Politics, Defense and Security, speaks during an interview in Gaborone, Botswana, on Monday, May 14, 2018. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika is expected to urgently dispatch a team of ministers to Eswatini in a …

Jevans Nyabiage Huawei is working on dozens of projects across Africa. Photo: Bloomberg• Senegal is the latest country to move its government data to a centre built by the Chinese telecoms giant• The company, which has been blacklisted by the US and other Western nations, is currently working on 25 projects across Africa The United …

Mustafa Hyder Sayed Military aircraft fly over Tian’anmen Square in echelons ahead of the grand gathering celebrating the CPC’s centenary in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2021. /Xinhua As the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates the 100 years of its founding, it is important to put into context the journey that has …

Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire in the country’s northern Tigray region as its objectives had been met, said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Thursday. Speaking to journalists, Dina Mufti, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said the Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire in …

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at a gathering marking the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. /Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at a gathering marking the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. /Xinhua — “What we Chinese Communists are doing is to better the lives of the …

What does China’s growth mean to the rest of the world, especially to developing countries? CGTN’s Dong Xue took this question to Mr. Mbelwa Kairuki, Tanzania’s ambassador to China. MBELWA KAIRUKI Tanzania Ambassador to China “100th anniversary is a milestone, very important milestone to the Communist Party, but also to …