Grappling with these new variants and the second wave of infections that is still in full swing, the world community in the first place should not allow itself to be consumed by panic or fear. -Instead, it needs to continue to employ the power of science and common sense to …
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FILE PHOTO: Two US Army drones sit near a hangar at an overseas base.(Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) The U.S. military said it disrupted “nefarious” activity by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab following an airstrike on its compound near Saakow in southern Somalia on Thursday. A statement by the U.S. …
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By Peter Kagwanja China has shrunk the number of poor Chinese from 99.7 per cent in 1978 to 4.7 per cent by 2018. What you need to know: In Africa, poverty is intertwined with instability in a vicious cycle that hampers long-term development and impoverishes communities.China becomes the first country to …
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Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2020 shows a bullet freight train with a maximum operational speed of 350 km per hour on trial. A bullet freight train with a maximum operational speed of 350 km per hour was rolled out in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, (Photo by Wu Kechao/Xinhua) …
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By Mweusi Karake My ex-boss and mentor, Erastus Mwencha, whom I worked under as Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), as his first Public Relations officer, the position that I held under him form entire 10 years of service at COMESA, when his COMESA …
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Country became the world’s largest trading nation in 2013, a position previously held by the US. In Summary •China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world since 2009, which according to World Bank estimates amounted to US Dollars 2.641 trillion in 2019. •Indeed, companies that rely heavily …
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Employees work at a production line at Dongfeng Honda factory in Wuhan. Image: Reuters It is still under construction – many months away from completion – but Kenya’s capital expressway, which is being constructed by the Chinese, is already a marvel. Its towering pillars, erected at various sections along Mombasa-Nairobi …
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His Excellency Ren Yisheng Not long ago, the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened its Fifth Plenary Session. It has made arrangements for the formulation of the “14th Five-Year Plan” for national economic and social development and long-range goals for 2035, and proposed new development stages, new …
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SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Since its founding, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has proved to be an effective platform for deepened and upgraded interaction In May 2000, the British magazine The Economist released an issue with a cover labeling Africa “the hopeless continent”, which suggested that the world might give up …
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By Mustafa HyderSayed Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics is three-pronged: factors-in the history of the CPC-led revolution and the journey of sacrifice and nation-building that ensued thereafter; acknowledgement and appreciation of the fact that China has arrived, and become a moderately prosperous society;that this is not the end, …
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