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More than 200 officials and scholars from China and a number of African countries are gathering in Beijing for a two-day conference on China-Africa cooperation against the backdrop of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. They will discuss further strengthening bilateral relations despite criticism from certain countries. The Ninth Meeting of the China-Africa …

China-Africa Trade relations has recorded tremendous increase under the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in two decades. Mr Zhao Yong, Deputy Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, made this known in Abuja during a Rountable with the theme “FOCAC at 20: Achievements and prospects” organized by the …

The China International Import Expo (CIIE), hailed as “an innovation in the history of global trade,” opened its third edition in this Chinese trade hub on Wednesday. As the world’s first import-themed national-level expo, the CIIE embodies China’s solemn promise to opening-up, and epitomizes its firm commitment to supporting economic …

Commerce between China, participating economies up by 1.5% to $1.01 trillion Win-win cooperation and rising development opportunities have become the hallmarks of the Belt and Road Initiative－and ample proof can be found in the steady growth in trade and investment flows between China and the participating economies in the past …

By Stephen Ndegwa The sixth BRICS Parliamentary Forum, currently under Russia’s chairmanship, will take place on October 27. Due to social distancing rules and international travel challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the conference is being held via videoconferencing. The forum’s theme is “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and …

– The struggling world economy is now facing a hard and unpredictable path to recovery amid a raging pandemic, and economic globalization is riding into strong headwinds amid rising trade protectionism and isolationism worldwide. – In this age of expanding global connectivity, the future of all countries are bonded together. …

As the world marks World Food Day on Friday, a Chinese-owned rice farm in the central Ugandan district of Kalungu is skilling farmers on how to farm the crop to increase their household incomes. The over 3,000-acre paddy rice farm, owned by Zhong’s Industries Ltd, a private Chinese enterprise is …

If ever the world needs a dose of recovery miracle, it is now; I think that recovery miracle has started to unfold in China, who knows how to turn crisis into opportunity.  The Chinese did it over four decades ago when the world doubted them. And now, they are doing …

As nearly one thousand photovoltaic (PV) panels sparkled in the sun and colorful flags fluttered in the breeze in the tawny Gobi desert, an off-grid PV power station project undertaken by a Chinese company in Somali region, Ethiopia, was officially completed and electrified recently. Thanks to the project, nearly 6,000 …

Let me be clear, the purpose of my articles in not aimed at drawing parallels between China and United States of America. However, I have to also admit that it is very difficult to talk about China’s success, in isolation of the USA; the two world’s biggest economy. The US’s …