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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 …

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the other hand is a brainchild of the African Union and can be considered as “Free- trade zones on steroids”. In other words, the intentions, the urgency, the preparedness to implement by members is more exemplified compared to what was done during …

By any measures, COVID-19 has been one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced in modern time. On a global scale there are more than 12 million confirmed infections and 560,000 deaths. Even as China managed to resume its economic and societal operations, it has been besieged by a …

The Samara Housing Project, of which the China Building Technology Group Kenya (CBTG) is the contractor and financier, is expected to deliver close to 2,000 housing units and a mall at the Migaa Golf Course. In attendance for the project’s commissioning ceremony were Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles …

The China-Africa friendship has most recently been magnified by the quick response and massive resource mobilization for Africa after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the continent in March, a Kenyan party leader has said. Africa is not only impressed by responses from the Chinese government but also Chinese …

The African Union (AU) on Saturday voiced appreciation for “the significant contribution” made by China to the efforts against COVID-19 in Africa. This message of appreciation was contained in a communique issued at the end of a video-teleconference meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU Heads of …

Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has received 12,000 body temperature testers and 18,000 surgical face masks from the First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, to the First Lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame. The consignment was received on Tuesday, July 7, by Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Director General of RBC, saying it will …

China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan replied to a message from Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the first Lady of the Republic of the Congo and the new president of Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), and expressed support to the African people in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. …

Editor’s note: Does China have the right to enact laws on national security? How should the world respond to the national security legislation for the HKSAR? Robert Griffith: China has every right to pass whatever law it wishes to pass. Clearly it would be preferable if a settlement of any …

China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, which finally kicked off in 2014, with the aim of improving connectivity and cooperation on a transcontinental scale. This would be achieved by rolling out infrastructure which would connect China to other economic …