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South Sudan on Thursday signed a deal with the Chinese government that will lead to construction of the Jur River bridge linking Juba to the Bahr El Ghazal region and its northern neighbor Sudan. Simon Mijok Mijak, Minister of Roads and Bridges said the project will be funded through a …

China has integrated its development with the common development of other developing countries and has carried out thousands of assisting projects, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. Addressing the High-level Video Conference on Poverty Eradication and South-South Cooperation, Wang said that as the good brother, friend …

China has over 110 million 5G users and is expected to have more than 600,000 5G base stations by the end of this year, covering all cities at prefecture level and above, according to the 5G Innovation and Development Forum held on Sept 15 during the Smart China Expo Online …

Recently during the inauguration of the National Steering Committee for the Development of Nigeria Agenda 2050 and the Medium-Term National Development Plan 2021–2025, Buhari called on the Committee members to pay attention to the Chinese strategy. “The Chinese experience is an example. It has resulted in lifting over 700 million …

China delivered more COVID-19 preventative materials to Zambia. Li Jie, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, said on Friday the international community still needs to support Zambia as the country has continued to see a rise in both new cases and deaths. He said the two countries have been all-weather friends for …

On September 23, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated the position he has taken consistently: multilateralism, international cooperation and re-enforcing the role and leadership of international institutions, be it the United Nations or the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, President Xi’s UN speech echoed what he said on May 18 …

The biggest institution of any States is Government. “A government is an institution entrusted with making and enforcing the rules of a society as well as with regulating relations with other societies.” I have deliberately included the above definitions because many people do not consider Governments as institutions, but have …

Xi made the remarks during a video meeting with the UN chief on the sideline of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. At the UNGA, Xi announced a series of measures to support the UN in playing the core role in international affairs. The Chinese president called for …

What you need to know: • The document on the proposed FTA that the US Special Trade Representative presented to Congress is fairy detailed on what and how Washington plans to achieve its intended outcome. • The Kenyan one has very similar issues, except that it does not give us …

Talks about decoupling the Chinese and United States economies have been going on for more than a year, and judging by the remarks and actions of the US administration, decoupling could result in two scenarios. In the first, the US would sever all exchanges with China and degrade bilateral relations …