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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 …

China is still on track to become the world’s largest civil aviation market with strong growth despite the near-term challenges, said Boeing’s latest market forecast. China’s airlines are expected to acquire 8,600 new airplanes valued at 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars over the next 20 years, said Boeing’s annual China market …

Initiative should constantly enhance sense of fulfillment, happiness, security President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build a more secure China by comprehensively promoting the implementation of the Peaceful China initiative. Efforts should be made to constantly enhance people’s sense of fulfillment, happiness and security, said Xi, who is …

With more than 10.2 million infections and nearly 240,000 deaths, the world’s biggest economy appears to be the feeblest healthwise. China, by contrast, has witnessed 4,634 deaths－and become the first major economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, there was never a pan-China novel coronavirus outbreak－most of the …

As curtains fall on the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), held in China’s business capital Shanghai, it is evident that COVID-19 has far from closed the economic corridor between China and Africa. For Africa, this international expo is an unparalleled showcase of trading opportunities for both imports and exports, as …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, as the implementation of the agreement formally takes-off on January 1, 2021. This is as the Council has approved N62.7 billion for the construction of Kano-Dawakin-Tofa-Gwarzo-Dariyo road …

The walls of al-Hanager Art Center of Egypt’s Opera House are ornamented with paintings featuring China’s natural beauty created by an Egyptian artist. “The exhibition includes 20 paintings of different sizes on the Chinese nature such as mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, etc,” the Egyptian artist Abdel-Moneim Moawad told Xinhua. Dubbed …

By Hudson Kuteesa The foot-hold of Rwanda’s coffee in China is expected to grow even more as one Chinese investor looks to open coffee shops in his city, serving exclusively Rwandan coffee. Anthony Chen, 27, a businessman from Hangzhou has recently opened business dealings with Rwandan coffee producers, and in August …

Over the past 20 years, the China-Africa Cooperation Forum has continuously improved and upgraded and is now an important platform for consultation and dialogue between China and Africa.  The consultation mechanism and dialogue channels between China and Africa are becoming increasingly diversified. This is mainly manifested in the establishment of …

At the ongoing Third China International Import Expo (CIIE), African companies are showing an unyielding spirit despite the prevailing challenges such as lockdowns, travel restrictions and delays in shipping their wares to China that could have otherwise deterred their participation in the expo this year. I visited some of the …