Tag Archives: Chinese

KISII, Kenya | Xinhua | Across the steep, green hills of Kisii County of western Kenya, newly built roads are transforming lives and boosting local commerce. Trucks loaded with bananas, avocados, sugarcane, and soapstone now head out at dawn, bringing quick returns for local farmers. Before Chinese companies upgraded the …

  COMMENT | Yang Dingdu & Li Zhuoqun – Xinhua | China’s announcement of zero-tariff treatment starting May 1 for all the 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties reaffirms its consistent commitment to opening its vast market to Global South partners. As Chinese President Xi Jinping has …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Surging coffee consumption in China is driving a sharp increase in Uganda’s coffee exports to the Asian market, officials said at a one-day Uganda-China Coffee, Investment and Destination Conference held here on Tuesday. Fan Xuecheng, charge d’affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The Chinese community in Uganda on Friday commemorated four Chinese experts who lost their lives 30 years ago during the construction of the country’s national stadium. Dressed in dark attire, staff from the Chinese Embassy in Uganda and representatives of Chinese enterprises and institutions laid …

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 …

  SHENZHEN, Xinhua | THE INDEPENDENT | When a Chinese robotics innovator faced an urgent space crunch for his laser sensor startup a few years ago, he did what many entrepreneurs in the country’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen do: he called the local government. By the next day, multiple authorities …

  Harare, Zimbabwe | Linda Mujuru, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe |   Primrose Garande’s ancestors relied on the fertile pastures here to graze their cattle, and he followed in their footsteps. Now, a Chinese-funded quarry operation threatens the lush landscape. Garande no longer knows where his livestock will graze. When school …

KAMPALA | Xinhua |  Hundreds of students from schools and institutions across Uganda gathered on Thursday to celebrate the 16th United Nations International Chinese Language Day with vibrant performances, music, and dance. The event, held at Makerere University, the country’s largest public institution, was organized by the university’s Confucius Institute …

KIKUUBE, Uganda | Xinhua | On an escarpment overlooking the Chinese-operated oil field in Uganda’s western district of Kikuube, 30 students sat with paintbrushes and canvases, envisioning a future where nature, heritage, and modernization coexist. Under the shade of trees shielding them from the blazing sun of the Great Rift …

  Xinhua is willing to work with partners from Chinese and Japanese media outlets and think tanks to tell moving stories of enhancing mutual trust and cooperation between China and Japan, and continue to record the history of mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, said Xinhua’s President Fu …