Xining, China | Xinhua | After one year of operation, China’s first ultra high-voltage (UHV) power superhighway for transmitting clean energy delivered 13.1 billion kWh of power from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, abundant in energy resources, to densely populated Henan in central China, according to State Grid’s Qinghai branch. As …
Read More »China’s Xi inspects Tibet, stresses lasting stability
Lhasa, Tibet | Xinhua | Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region. Xi, general secretary of the CPC …
Read More »China a good partner in world socio-economic transformation – Richard Todwong
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China’s hosting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit shows the country is becoming a good partner in socio-economic transformation of the world through political parties, a top leader of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party said on Tuesday. …
Read More »COVID-19: South Africa approves use of China’s Sinovac
Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Saturday announced that it had authorized the use of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The latest vaccine approval was based on the “safety, quality and efficacy data” submitted to …
Read More »COMMENT: The Communist Party of China and why there are no development miracles
COMMENT | Ronald Kato | China presents us with a complex – if impossible question. How does a country so big, so diverse, and not exactly rich manage to get things done so efficiently, so quickly? On July 1, today, China’s governing party, the Communist Party of China (CAPC) marks 100 …
Read More »WHO officially declares China malaria-free
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially granted China a malaria-free certification as a token of celebration of the country’s successful elimination of the disease after 70 years of its struggles against malaria. From 30 million malaria cases in the 1940’s, China brought down that …
Read More »Turkey announces phase III trials of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
Ankara, Turkey, | XINHUA | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the phase III trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine named Turkovac. The vaccine, which is made with inactivated coronaviruses, is expected to be available for use by the end of this year, Erdogan said at an event …
Read More »U.S. businesses urge Biden administration to remove tariffs amid rising costs, inflation concerns
Tariffs have harmed American jobs, American consumers, American companies and the country’s global competitiveness Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. business groups have urged the Biden administration to remove punitive tariffs on U.S. imports imposed by the previous administration, as tariffs continue to hit American businesses and consumers while pushing …
Read More »Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway transports 3.45 mln tons of goods in 3 years
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | XINHUA | The Chinese-built 752.7-km-long Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway has transported a total of 3.45 million tons of import and export commodities and goods over the last three years, local media Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported on Friday. The Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified railway which connects landlocked Ethiopia …
Read More »Diplomatic rift between Morocco, Spain widens into agricultural sector
Rabat, Morocco | XINHUA | The ongoing diplomatic rift between Morocco and Spain, beginning with issues of illegal immigration, has now widened into the agricultural sector. In mid-May, around 9,000 illegal immigrants, many of whom were thought to be minors, crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave bordered by …
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