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Keeping in line with the tradition of prioritizing Africa as the first foreign trip in the New Year by Chinese foreign ministers, Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi on January 4 launched official visits to select African countries including Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles. The …

Hundreds of specialists are working in Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and elsewhereChina has built 24 agricultural technology demonstration centres in the continent to help train farmers Hundreds of Chinese agricultural experts are working with farmers and specialists across Africa to help them improve crop yields after Beijing promised …

South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel has called on manufacturers and farmers in the country to prepare themselves for opportunities in export markets as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement came into effect on 1st January 2021. Patel, while believing the agreement could lead to more employment opportunities, …

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted negatively on East Africa Community (EAC) economies In April, the World Bank predicted that the impact of the pandemic will lead to a decline of EAC economies growth from 2.4% in 2019 to between – 2.1% and  -5.1% in 2020. The report indicated that …

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at the central rural work conference in Beijing, capital of China. The central rural work conference was held from Dec. 28 to 29 in Beijing. …

By Wang Lei Major direct investments by China are welcomed and will contribute to the economic development of South Africa, according to a report jointly released by Longyuan South Africa Renewables and South African think tank Price Metrics (Pty) Ltd. The report, Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa by Chinese and …

Africa China Review Team. In a televised New Year address, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted key achievements of the country in various sectors. He lauded the country’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and took time to thank different institutions, professionals and ordinary citizens for the hard work and sacrifice. …

Over the last three years, a new type of groupthink has emerged among many Western media and policy think tanks in their geopolitically motivated efforts to malign China. They’ve claimed that China is practicing a new type of colonialism, which is coined “debt-trap diplomacy.” China is charged with deliberately luring …

By Zheng Yongnian Editor’s note: In 2020, China realized its goal of eradicating absolute poverty nationwide, which means that over the past 40 years, China has lifted around 800 million people out of poverty. How did China do it? And what’s next for China’s poverty alleviation efforts? Zheng Yongnian, dean of …

Verizon jumbotron advertises 5G network at Times Square in New York, U.S.. /Getty Since Donald Trump ascended to the U.S. presidency, he has made it his mission to destroy China and pressured its allies and friends into siding with America on the crusade. But in doing so, he screwed the …