Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed advancing the modernization of the national defense and armed forces. Xi made the remarks while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on strengthening the modernization of …
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The significance of “Belt and Road” for Africa integration
I had a chance to visit the great nation of China twice in 2011 and 2013 for about ten days each. It was a very short time to explore such a big nation within ten days. At that moment, I visited Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Hunan. Due to my …
Read More »Africa and China share common approach to climate change
Weather patterns across the globe are signalling that climate change will bring about catastrophic calamities to all of us. Increasingly, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, rising sea levels, warming oceans, thawing permafrost, changing rain and snow patterns are adversely heart-rending. Africa and China joined the rest of the world at the UN’s …
Read More »China achieves key independent tech with full global service of BeiDou
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a ceremony to mark the launch of full global services of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System on Friday 31/07/2020 in Beijing, indicating that China’s domestically development and independently operated global satellite navigation system has been fully completed. The ceremony signals that China is an independent …
Read More »China-Sierra Leone Celebrate 49 Years of Excellent Relationship
Wednesday 29th July 2020 marked another milestone in the relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Sierra Leone as the two countries celebrate their 49th anniversary of a very cordial bilateral tie. The Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, in an exclusive interview revealed …
Read More »My Love for the Chinese Culture- the Symphony on the West Lake
Symphony on West Lake is a very popular spectacular performance depicting Chinese Culture through music, dance and art performed on waters of the West Lake. For someone who has not been to the Symphony on West Lake show in Hangzhou city in Zhejiang province, would find it difficult to imagine …
Read More »World Bank: China becomes leading reformer in improving business environment
China has become a leading reformer among large economies in improving the business environment, according to a report issued by the World Bank. The “Doing Business 2020” report, the latest in a series of annual reports by the World Bank, shows that China has been included among the top 10 …
Read More »50 entrepreneurs stand out in Jack Ma Foundation’s competition for African “business heroes”
Top 50 finalists have emerged in a Jack Ma Foundation competition that seeks to support African entrepreneurs. This year’s “Africa’s Business Heroes” prize competition, organized by Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa, Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative, is the second edition after its 2019 debut. The competition aims to …
Read More »AU commends China for continued support in disease prevention
The African Union (AU) has highly commended China for the country’s continued support and assistance to Africa’s capacity building endeavors in disease control and prevention. In a statement on Wednesday, the 55-member pan-African bloc said that it has signed with China a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a virtual ceremony …
Read More »Liberia becomes Africa’s Newest AIIB Member: What are the Prospects for Infrastructural Development?
Liberia acceded to membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 28 July 2020, as a non-regional member joining a host of 102 other countries comprising 44 regional members, 36 non-regional members and 22 prospective members. Other African countries that have already joined the club include Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, …
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