COMMENT | Angela Huyue Zhang | After four extensions of the statutory deadline to ban TikTok or force its Chinese owners to divest, US President Donald Trump has now signed an executive order transferring the app to US ownership. The announcement follows years of diplomatic sparring, bureaucratic maneuvering, repeated efforts by federal …
Read More »China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Day held at AU headquarters
ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | The China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Day was held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday, showcasing the achievements of the two sides’ ever-deepening cooperation in science, technology, and innovation. The event, co-organized by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, the African Union (AU), …
Read More »Uganda turns to Chinese hybrid goats to boost production
KAMPALA | Xinhua | The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Uganda has officially handed over nine Chinese hybrid goats, also known as the Jianzhou big-eared goats, to two local research institutes to improve goat breeds and boost production in the East African country. The goats — three males and …
Read More »Xi stresses building socialist modern Xinjiang
URUMQI | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to build a socialist modern Xinjiang that is characterized by unity, harmony, prosperity, affluence, cultural progress and a sound eco-environment, where people live and work in peace and contentment. Xi, also general secretary of the …
Read More »How Xi leads China to feed itself
Across the nation, the fruits of a comprehensive agriculture strategy are now ripening. Last year, China’s grain output exceeded 700 million tonnes for the first time BEIJING | Xinhua | The morning news speaks of continuous rainfall, but in the fields of Liaoning Province in northeast China, Zhao Yuguo is …
Read More »How China controls the world
New report reveals how Beijing influences Uganda and other countries in thinking and action COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Today, the number of learners attending Mandarin classes at the Confucius Institute inside Makerere University, Uganda’s premier institution of higher learning, is growing. Many see mastery of the Chinese dialect as …
Read More »Why China walks on path of peaceful development?
BEIJING | Xinhua | The noble cause of peace and development of humanity will prevail.” That was the message from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 3, delivered from the Tian’anmen Rostrum as he oversaw a grand commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s …
Read More »The limits of Xi and Putin’s “No-Limits” partnership
COMMENT | RUBY OSMAN & DAN SLEAT | Much has changed since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin last stood together atop Tiananmen Square in 2015. When they did so again this week, it was supposedly as equal partners. But, of course, the reality is far …
Read More »Chinese president calls for moral integrity among teachers
BEIJING | Xinhua | When millions of educators in China celebrated Teachers’ Day last week, they did with sincere greetings from President Xi Jinping. Xi, in a reply letter to eight rural teachers, commended the dedication of about 1.2 million college graduates who have participated in a national program to …
Read More »Chinese firms contribute to community development through CSR initiatives
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Ugandan Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio Rukia Nakadama said on Wednesday that Chinese enterprises are strengthening communities in the East African country through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Nakadama made the remarks at the launch of the Chinese Enterprises in Uganda …
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