Published:June03,2022 Chinese telecom firm Huawei said Wednesday it has intensified efforts to absorb more Kenyan information communication technology (ICT) professionals by starting its national recruitment drive as its business continues to grow, requiring additional local talent.Huawei Eastern Africa Deputy CEO of Public Affairs Fiona Pan said that Huawei has 35 positions on …
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China slams US senator’s meeting with Taiwan secessionists as ‘turning back the clock of history will eventually hurt itself’
Published: June01,2022 By Wang Qi Taiwan Photo: Unsplash China launched strong opposition on Tuesday with both diplomatic and military means in protest against US senator Tammy Duckworth’s surprise visit to the island of Taiwan and talks with secessionists. Experts from the Chinese mainland said that while Duckworth’s visit was intended …
Read More »Africa’s 2021 economic rebound impacted by lingering COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine crisis
Published:May 31,2022 By Halligan Agade FILE PIC: African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina. Africa’s GDP has recovered strongly in the last year, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict could pose considerable challenges in the midterm. This is according to the 2022 African Economic Outlook, by the African Development …
Read More »Mombasa Port: How Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts
Published:May 21,2022 A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In December 2018, a leaked letter from the Kenyan auditor-general’s office sparked a rumour that Kenya had staked its bustling Mombasa Port …
Read More »China plans world’s first search for habitable planets outside our solar system
Published:May21,2022 An artistic illustration of exoplanets. /CFP Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out, will be …
Read More »Mother’s Day: Stories of Xi Jinping and his mother
Published:May 08,2022 Xi Jinping and his mother Qi Xin. /China Media Group On International Mother’s Day, which falls on the second Sunday of May every year, people across the world share stories about their mothers and express their love and gratitude to the person who brought them to this world. …
Read More »Al-Shabaab storms AU base in Somalia, casualties reported
Published: May04,2022 Al-Shabaab militants train at a camp in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region on October 20, 2009 Heavily armed Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed an African Union (AU) base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that left an unknown number of casualties, a local military commander and witnesses said. AU …
Read More »The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China
Published: May 02,2022 By Staff writer Author: Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd The above title is of a book written by Kevin Rudd who is a former Prime Minister of Australia, who understands well China’s development. Kevin not only studied in China but also lived and worked there for …
Read More »Africa Should Rally Behind China’s Global Security Initiative
Published:May 02,2022 By Albert Chavhunduka As the rampage of insurgencies become the leading source of instability on the continent, Africa is correctly positioned to benefit enormously from the Global Security Initiative recently proposed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping. On Thursday last week, President Xi spoke about “Rising to challenges …
Read More »Expert says China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy can defeat the epidemic
Published: May 1,2022 By WANG XIAOYU China can defeat the COVID-19 epidemic by seizing the window of opportunity created by its dynamic clearance strategy to accelerate vaccination, ramp up emergency response capacity and expand the use of effective medications, a senior health expert said on Friday. The risk of a …
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