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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create new opportunities for China-Africa cooperation, an Ethiopian expert said on Tuesday. Gedion Jalata, a senior advisor to the UNDP South- South Cooperation and a former consultant to UNECA-Capacity Development Division, said the AfCFTA requires strong infrastructure linkage across the African continent, …

Chinese and African media representatives agreed to fight fake news, stigmatization and politicizing the corona virus pandemic by strengthening cooperation and providing evidence based and scientifically accurate information. The commitment was made last Thursday, in a one day virtual China-Africa Media Forum hosted by the Belt and Road Journalists Network. …

Editor’s Note: China is striding firmly toward achieving its goal of eliminating absolute poverty by the end of this year. What are the factors behind its imminent success? In the second of a series of commentaries, a senior journalist of China Daily tries to find the answers. If China, as …

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday in a phone conversation with Zambian President Edgar Lungu that the two countries’ joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to help lift their relations to a higher level, better benefiting the two peoples. Noting that the novel coronavirus pandemic stands as a …

As the population shrinks in many parts of the world, Nigeria – a developing country with a raging young workforce – could become the ninth-largest global economy, drastically changing the world order in 2100. According to a modeling study by the University of Washington, the world’s population would be far …

The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, has committed to partner with African countries to develop ecosystems and a digital economy, and promoting e-payments. In this regard, Alibaba inaugurated the Global Ecommerce Talent (GET), which happened to be Africa’s first ecommerce training programme. The Alibaba Group, further through the extension of the …

Solidarity in anti-pandemic battle injects new impetus into China-Senegal relations In the face of the threat from the novel coronavirus, which has spread around the world, China has been adhering to a people-oriented philosophy and focusing on building a community with a shared future for mankind, working with other countries …

The world is undergoing profound changes and facing increased instability in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. China has played a key role as a stabilizer in uncertain times. Through “cloud diplomacy” in the form of phone calls, correspondences and video conferences, Chinese President Xi Jinping has shared …

In light of increasingly sharp criticism and harsh policies against China, one might be forgiven for thinking the U.S. is willing to risk everything (well, almost) to prevent the Asian giant from challenging its global supremacy. The anti-China narrative goes from “badmouthing” to implementing in-your-face policies against the Asian country. …

On April 14, 2013, Frederic Pierucci’s life was forever changed. He was an executive of Alstom, a French power and transportation conglomerate, with a happy family and promising future. On that day, he was arrested by the FBI when his plane landed at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, for …