Opinions

In the May 28, 2020, opinion column of the Guardian, there was a piece by one Abdul Rafiu with the title: “The Chinese are here”. This piece is a response to the write-up, not necessarily because it is worth responding to but because it falls within the growing spat of …

This is a continuation of our previous editorial on what Africa can learn from China. China used its natural resources and human capital, to build a very ambitious industrial base; African leadership to a large extent used its natural resources to build individual families or cliques. Sub-Saharan Africa for example …

What many people particularly in Africa don’t seem to appreciate is that Contemporary China is just above 70 years, having been created in the year 1949, after 4 years of war of liberation. On 1st October 1949, Chairman of the central government Mao Zedong; proclaimed the founding of the Peoples’ …

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved allowing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to stay one more year in office after elections planned for August were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The upper house voted on Wednesday to decide whether to extend the terms of federal and regional lawmakers and the executive branch …

Since the 2014 Occupy Central movement, the reputation of Hong Kong police has fallen sharply from “Asia’s finest” to “riot police,” as the shadow of police brutality haunts the 30,000-member police force. Some so-called liberal media outlets and Western politicians were at the forefront of those who accused Hong Kong …

  China is now on its way to recovering from the COVID-19 crisis and is ready to share its experience with the rest of the world. A white paper “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action” was published on Sunday detailing the country’s efforts in containing the infectious disease, while keeping society …

The year 2020 marks the 13th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Malawi. The past 12 years have witnessed healthy and rapid development of China-Malawi relations. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations on December 28, 2007, the political trust between the two countries has been continuously …

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to strengthen public health system in China to better protect people’s lives and health, as the country, with steady economic and social life recovery, is shifting to COVID-19 regular prevention and control. In a meeting with officials, scholars and scientists in Beijing, …

The Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) and The Republic of South Africa (RSA) established official relations in January 1998. During the 2010 Beijing Declaration, South Africa was upgraded to the diplomatic status of Strategic Partner by the Chinese government”. In the same year, trade volume between China and South Africa …

After an unprecedented delay due to the COVID-19 epidemic, China’s largest political gathering, the Two Sessions, opened in Beijing on May 21 and May 22, respectively. But this time, meetings of both the legislature and the top political advisory body were scaled back, both lasting for seven days. Press conferences …