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Oil trades at a negative price. Unemployment in the United States is nine times greater than during the period following the Global Financial Crash (GFC) in 2008. A poorly managed response to COVID-19 infections and a medical system that favors the affluent, means around two thousand people are dying every …

Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai said that the U.S. has to make “a fundamental choice” as to whether it’s ready to live with China in peace and cooperate with the rising power to jointly tackle global challenges. Speaking on CNN’s GPS program, Cui said “people have to fully recognize the realities …

2020 marks the 50th year of the establishment of bilateral relations between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the People’s Republic of China. The theme of the commemoration is : China –Ethiopia at 50: Ancient Civilizations and New Partners, is aimed at looking back to the last fifty years …

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 …