Every day, Tanzanian businessman John Vedasto Rwehumbiza’s phone buzzes with messages from agricultural producers and logistics enterprises. Having lived in China for nearly 20 years, 56-year-old Rwehumbiza is now running his own business in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s manufacturing heartland Guangdong Province, by importing African farm produce to factories …
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For an even stronger Sino-African partnership
Chinese and Malian heads of state, Xi Jinping and Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, met by videoconference during the extraordinary China-Africa summit on solidarity against Covid-19. The day of June 17, 2020 will strongly mark the annals of Sino-African friendly cooperation especially in the new circumstance of the fight against new epidemics. …
Read More »Amid COVID-19, China-Africa summit shows China-Africa ties remain close
While COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal exchanges between Africa and China, the two sides remain in close touch. The Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 pandemic held via video link on June, 17, 2020 where 15 African countries and China issued a joint and multilateral position on the Covid-19 …
Read More »Mutual Cooperation between China and Africa; in good and bad times.
As the old saying goes, “a friend in need is a friend indeed”. It is during difficult times when only friends stick with you and pretenders abandon you. The COVID 19 pandemic times have been difficult for all nations and more difficult for Africa which has relatively less resources and …
Read More »China’s waiving of African nations’ debt a sign of global economic responsibility
Last week the attention of global media was centered on the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19, held via video conference in Beijing in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and with the participation of leaders of African countries and special guests, Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio …
Read More »China Reaffirms Commitment to its Longstanding Friendship with Africa in the Face of COVID-19
At the recent extraordinary China-Africa Summit on solidarity against COVID-19 held virtually on 17 June 2020, President Xi Jinping reassured African leaders that “China shall never waver in its determination to pursue greater solidarity and cooperation with Africa”, in spite of the evolving international landscape. In his generosity, the Chinese …
Read More »China and Africa: To Build a Community of Shared Future with Solidarity
We are living in an era where countries and peoples in the world are interdependent and inseparable. On one hand, we are all benefiting from globalization through international trade and technology revolution. For example, JAVA House Kenya AA coffee beans are sold to China via online platform with a profitable …
Read More »Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
The above title is of a new captivating book by Kishore Mahbubani, a professor in the practice of public policy at the National University of Singapore. He is also the author of other books including; Has the West Lost It? And The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic …
Read More »African leaders, experts hail Xi’s remarks at Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19
African leaders and experts spoke highly of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks at the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 on Wednesday, hailing achievements of China-Africa cooperation in fighting the pandemic. In his remarks, Xi called on China and Africa to defeat the novel coronavirus with solidarity and cooperation. …
Read More »Xi chairs China-Africa summit, calls for solidarity to defeat COVID-19
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on China and Africa to defeat the novel coronavirus with solidarity and cooperation. The two sides should work together to build a China-Africa community of health for alla China-Africa community of health for all and take their comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership to …
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