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South Africa on Wednesday reiterated its call for an African country to be included in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Alvin Botes made the remarks at a symposium to reflect on the role South Africa plays in fostering multilateralism …

Visitors try rowing machines in an exhibition hall of the first China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province, May 7, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun) A UN report revised its forecast for China from 7.2 percent to 8.2 percent; and for the United States from 3.4 …

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2020 shows a machine harvesting cotton in a field in Wenjiazhuang Village, Manasi County of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei) The United Nations ought to be a place to promote truth and justice. Yet those Western countries, by staging a hypocritical political …

The Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which killed one Malawian blue helmet. The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences to the family of the victim, the Malawian authorities and the UN …

Digital generated image of COVID-19 vaccine bottles standing on glowing robotic production line on black background. /Getty As states struggle to combat COVID-19, primarily through vaccinating their respective populations, it is imperative that vaccinations are made available across the board and indiscriminately.  The fair and equal access to vaccines is …

The spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations on Monday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a side event to be organized by the United States, Britain, Germany and a few nongovernmental organizations in New York on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, China. The …

Gambian Deputy Ambassador to China delivers a speech at the African Theme Day Forum of the 2018 Beijing International Trade Fair, May 30, 2018. /VCG Elias Gebreselassie grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and he, like his peers, has long thought that skyscrapers, shopping malls and highways could only be …

By Hu Xuechen, Zhao Hong China released key indicators from the seventh national population census on Tuesday. The data provides fresh insights into China’s latest demographic trends and reveals vital information that will contribute to the country’s policymaking over the next 10 years. The once-in-a-decade survey was particularly closely watched …

By David Ochieng Mbewa The Tanzanian presidency has adopted a number of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, such as temperature checks, hand sanitization as well as the use of face masks. The move by President Samia Suluhu Hassan is in contrast with the controversial position taken by her predecessor, …

South African tourist guides sing a Chinese song at the graduation ceremony for a Mandarin training program offered by the University of Johannesburg-Nanjing Technology University Confucius Institute in Pretoria, South Africa, March 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) China is the largest developing country, and has gained great experience in poverty reduction. …