Tag Archives: China

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) has announced that their women’s team will participate in the Thomas & Uber Cup in China. Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, told Xinhua in an interview on Wednesday that after the withdrawal of South Africa, Uganda, …

The 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum opened in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam on Friday, with participants describing it as a springboard for the continent’s economic and industrialization agenda. DAR ES SALAAM, TAZANIA | Xinhua | The 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China sets an economic growth target of around 5 percent for 2024. In setting the target, the need to boost employment and incomes and prevent and defuse risks have been taken into account, and the growth rate is well aligned with the objectives of the 14th …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China urges the United States to refrain from using the Philippines as a pawn to destabilize the South China Sea. The Philippines also needs to refrain from being manipulated by the United States, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Friday called on the business circles of China and the United States to consolidate the foundation of friendship and mutual trust and expand cooperation areas. Han made the remarks when addressing the annual appreciation dinner of the American Chamber …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The transition to green mobility, which promotes ecosystem and human health in urban centers, has accelerated, thanks to the greater availability of Chinese-manufactured new energy vehicles, said experts at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), which concluded Friday in Nairobi, the …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China has made notable achievements in improving its transport infrastructure network and transport services for the past year, the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday. Fixed-asset investment in the country’s transport system totaled 3.9 trillion yuan (about 548.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, Li Xiaopeng, minister …

For the liberal-democratic order to endure, Western countries must defend the principles of their success COMMENT | CHRIS PATTEN | During the darkest days of World War II, as young British pilots valiantly fought the Luftwaffe over southern England and German forces prepared to invade the British Isles, Prime Minister Winston …

New rules are needed as strains in their relationship multiply over industrial policies that are not so different COMMENT | DANI RODRIK | It is common to think of US-China tensions as the inevitable result of stark differences between the two countries. The United States has a fully capitalist market economy, …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China has remained Africa’s largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years, with bilateral trade reaching a record 282.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, a Ministry of Commerce official said on Wednesday. “Economic and trade cooperation is the ballast and propeller of China-Africa relations,” said Ministry of …