HEFEI, CHINA | Xinhua | China’s superconducting quantum computer, similar to the “Zuchongzhi 3.0” model, has been deployed for commercial use, marking a crucial step toward the practical application of quantum computing. Using the same chip series from the “Zuchongzhi 3.0,” the machine, featuring 105 readable qubits and 182 couplers, …
Read More »Cultural diplomacy, tourism showcase as Ugandans in China celebrate 63rd Independence anniversary
Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan coffee tasting experience, featuring premium beans grown in the country’s highlands plus an exhibition of Ugandan-made products and tourism promotional materials, were among the highlights as the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, in partnership with the Consulate General in Guangzhou, …
Read More »Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing to reinvigorate shared commitment to gender equality
The Beijing Platform for Action, adopted at the conference, set out 12 key areas, along with goals and strategies to promote gender equality. Garrido said it became a lasting reference point for policymakers, activists and courts. MONTEVIDEO | Xinhua | Thirty years after the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women …
Read More »Xi underscores shared global duty to advance women’s development at Beijing meeting
BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday underscored the international community’s shared responsibility and called for more practical actions to promote women’s advancement. Xi hailed women for “playing an important role in creating, promoting and carrying forward human civilization” while addressing the opening of a high-profile meeting …
Read More »The multipolar world demands a new African strategy
COMMENT | James Shikwati | African nations have since independence operated within a global system they did not participate in designing, one that often undermines their agency and development. The African nation-states continue to battle internal governance issues, corruption, and conflicts. The post Second World War liberal international order built on …
Read More »China plans, America reacts
While China has a strategic planning process, America has neither a plan nor a strategy COMMENT | STEPHEN S. ROACH | China’s leaders are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan. Meanwhile, since the beginning of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a …
Read More »A TikTok deal China will love
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 …
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