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China and Tanzania launched a Swahili version book documenting history of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway titled “A Monument to China-Africa Friendship. “The Swahili version book was jointly launched by Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Wang Ke, and Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Palamagamba Kabudi, in the commercial capital …

A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in South Sudan on Wednesday last week to strengthen the east African nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-member team from China’s Anhui Province consists of experts in the fields including laboratory technology, infection, insensitive care, public health, and nursing. During their …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) just like a number of other African organisations was formed at the time when former African colonisers were leaving the continent and African governments were gaining independence and introducing “self-rule”. The bank was formed in 1964 and at the time was comprised of three entities …

U.S. President Donald Trump is at least consistent in being unpredictable: He is as an unpredictable president, just as he was an unpredictable candidate. Within the last couple of years, his administration has formulated and implemented a series of China policies that are both unprecedented and destabilizing. On August 16, …

Globalization has come under attack amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as waves of economic recession, unemployment, racism, xenophobia and populism hit during the first half of 2020. Responding to these challenges, China has taken steady steps to continue the opening-up of its economy. On July 15, in a letter to the …

If one examines the long path from the end of China’s disastrous “cultural revolution” in the 1970s to China’s 2020 modern miracle of eliminating poverty for 800 million Chinese, many lessons can be learned. China’s commitment to science and building infrastructure were two essential ingredients for this accomplishment. William Jones …

Recently, a few American politicians, out of ideological prejudice and a Cold War mentality, attempted to ‘separate’ the Communist Party of China (CPC) from the Chinese people for ‘precision attacks’ on the CPC or create antagonism and sow discord between the two. These politicians engage in such crazy acts in …

At a time when COVID-19 is raging around the world, China and Africa have supported each other in face of the pandemic. The solidarity will serve to strengthen China-Africa ties. “Indeed, COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified medical cooperation between China and Africa,” said Cavince Adhere, a Kenyan international relations researcher, …

The advent of COVID-19 has challenged the ability of traditional economic sectors to sustain local economies, particularly in Africa. Following the introduction of health mitigation measures in response to the pandemic, African economies are undergoing major disruptions that are already showing signs of contraction in GDP growth rates, reduction in …

A senior Chinese diplomat has urged US officials to stop making negative remarks or behaving in ways that would harm bilateral relations, and he called for joint efforts to bring the relations back on the right track. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made the remark in a video meeting with a …