Tag Archives: China

BEIJING | Xinhua |  A light bulb is not something most people would associate with governance. Yet nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of east China’s Fujian Province as the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to …

BOAO, Hainan | Xinhua |  Digital transformation has emerged as a new engine for sustainable development in Asia, according to a report by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) released on Tuesday. Asia has taken the initiative to explore future-orientated development models through digital technologies, striving to translate its diverse …

China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) focuses on high-quality development, technological self-reliance, green transition, and national security, with goals for modernization and global engagement by 2035. NEWS ANALYSIS | ROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN | With the 2026 “two sessions” concluded and the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) now underway, China has reached a …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda is positioning itself to fully leverage China’s zero-tariff treatment, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija said on Thursday. According to a statement posted by the ministry on social platform X, Kasaija made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation from …

Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing Thursday hosted the Uganda–China (Changsha) Agricultural Trade and Investment Forum in Changsha under the theme “Cultivating Partnerships for Prosperity”. The forum brought together government officials, investors, and business leaders to strengthen cooperation between Uganda and …

BEIJING | Xinhua | The 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) will be a crucial stage for China to consolidate foundations and make all-round efforts in advancing Chinese modernization, as the country moves toward its goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, experts have said. In the latest episode of China …

PARIS | Xinhua | The Chinese and U.S. delegations held candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges and consultations here from Sunday to Monday on economic and trade issues of mutual concern, including tariff arrangements, promoting bilateral trade and investment, and maintaining existing consultation consensus. During the talks, which are guided by the …

Could China and America be destined for peace, not war? COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | How about this: rather than being destined for war, America and China were actually destined for peace? Could America’s treating of China as an enemy risk turning it into one? And could the opposite also …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  With China’s annual legislative and political consultative sessions, known as the “two sessions,” underway in Beijing, foreign envoys and international journalists are closely watching the event for signals on the world’s second-largest economy’s development trajectory and its global implications. They describe the gathering, during which the …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China maintained a tough stance against various crimes in the past year and pledged to continue that momentum into the new year, according to the country’s top judiciary officials. Chief Justice Zhang Jun and Procurator-general Ying Yong on Monday submitted the work reports of the Supreme …