2020 has been the most extraordinary year since 1945. The pandemic has, in an utterly new way, tested virtually every government in the world to the limit. Already, of course, it was taking place in the context of the growing divide between the U.S. and China. But we need to …
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by Xinhua writers Lyu Tianran, Frank Kanyesigye and James Gashumba Almost every month, Kigali resident Yves Ishimwe would order products from China, usually electronics but also lady’s handbags. The 23-year-old graphics designer started doing this in 2019 after a friend recommended him a cross-border online shopping platform, KiKUU. Headquartered in …
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Kishore Mahbubani As we know, in the year of 2020, humanity is experiencing one of the greatest crisis in human history. I am of course referring to COVID-19. Even more damaging, the global economy has suffered, and once again global poverty is rising. The first question we need to …
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By He Yin Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the BRICS countries to fight COVID-19 in solidarity and advance BRICS cooperation through concerted efforts. Xi made the remarks while addressing the 12th BRICS summit in Beijing via video link on Nov. 17, adding that the BRICS countries need to uphold multilateralism, …
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday appealed to the Group of Twenty (G20) to help Africa confront the financial and economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa made the plea in his statement at the first session of the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on overcoming the pandemic and restoring …
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African countries are determined to start trading in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Jan. 1 next year, said a senior official of the African Union Commission (AUC) on Wednesday. Chief technical adviser and head of the AfCFTA negotiation support unit Prudence Sebahizi made the remarks …
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China-Africa media cooperation summit was held on Tuesday in Nairobi amid calls for robust exchanges to realize the benefits of the digital era. The China-Africa Media Cooperation Forum was held on Tuesday in Nairobi amid calls for robust exchanges to realize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Senior government …
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Premier Li Keqiang has called for solidarity, the focus on development and expanded cooperation to join hands in countering the challenges amid the ravaging COVID-19. That came as Li addressed the virtually-held 15th East Asia Summit chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Noting pursuing peace and development and …
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Tumisang Malepi, 28, is behind the creation of a robust online marketplace for fashionable clothes in South Africa at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on brick-and-mortar businesses in Africa’s second-largest economy. The female entrepreneur said during a recent interview that e-commerce platforms like AliExpress …
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The Ninth Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum kicked off in Beijing recently with more than 200 officials and scholars from China and a number of African countries to shed insight on China-Africa relations. The Global Times selected the opinions from several scholars at a sub-forum themed “The five …
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