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Shannon Ebrahim interviews Chinese ambassador Chen Xiaodon. Question: At China’s initiative, the UN Security Council held an Open Debate on “Peace and Security in Africa: Addressing Root Causes of Conflict in Post-Pandemic Recovery in Africa”, where Africa and China jointly launched the Initiative on Partnership for Africa’s Development. Can you tell …

The Dujiangyan water conservancy system, located in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, has played an important role in flood control and irrigation on the Chengdu Plain over the past 2,000 years. As the world’s oldest water project still in operation, Dujiangyan is a vivid example of ancient Chinese wisdom seeking harmony between …

Burundian President EvaristeNdayishimiye (L, Front) receives the credentials presented by the new Chinese Ambassador to Burundi Zhao Jiangping (R, front) in Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 21, 2021. EvaristeNdayishimiye Friday spoke highly of the traditional friendship and all-round pragmatic cooperation between Burundi and China. (Chinese Embassy in Burundi/Handout via Xinhua) Burundian …

French President Emmanuel Macron holding hands with a widow of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, May 27, made a speech in which he sought the forgiveness of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, for what he admitted was his country’s historical …

Authors Sara Webb PhD candidate in Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology Rebecca Allen Swinburne Space Office Project Coordinator | Manager Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet. More …

The morning was wet, cold, and misty. The light drizzle that had Hu Yan’s windscreen wipers frantic promised a full day of rain, and yet, the seemingly unfavourable weather conditions on the last day of April did not deter farmers from congregating at the Mmakanke Village kgotla. Addressing the gathering, …

Farmers work at a vegetable base in Longyou county, East China’s Zhejiang province, June 23, 2014. [Photo by Chen Shuihe/cpanet.org.cn] Poverty is a huge problem for countries all over the world, and poverty alleviation has long been a difficult task for the international community. People who live in extreme poverty …

China’s willingness to support Africa in dealing with the twin challenges of conflict and COVID-19 pandemic as expressed at the recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting is a sign of great brotherhood, African political and international relations experts have noted. This came after Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign …

By maintaining close ties with the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has achieved great success in economic and social development, a senior official of Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has said. Congratulating the CPC on the 100th anniversary of its founding, Abdullah Juma Sadala, CCM’s …

Train leaving Ebute-Meta (EBJ) terminal in Lagos. PHOTO: SUNDAY AKINLOLU The return of Metroline to Lagos State, 40 years after it was aborted following military incursion into government, is one of the best things to be happening to the state. Lagos commercial nerve-centre is too significant to foot drag, and …