Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Saturday received the first group of Chinese tourists after three years of pandemic-related hiatus at a ceremony in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi marked with pomp and pageantry. Kenya’s senior officials and executives in the hospitality sector were on hand to receive the first batch …
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Los Angeles, USA | Xinhua | The 18th Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American Television Festival kicked off here Friday evening. Several hundred elegantly gowned and tuxedoed Chinese and Hollywood celebrities and guests assembled in Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel for the cultural event, which aims to promote …
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Kakiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese investors operating different factories in Kakiri Town, Wakiso District have petitioned the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to express their frustration with the erratic electricity supply in the area. Represented by Cai Jiashun, Zong Bo and Lin Yangbin, the investors early this week petitioned …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On March 31, 2021 social media, as much as the traditional print, TV and radio, were all awash with stories related to a short video clip extracted from a CCTV recording of a raid on a Chinese residence located in Kyambogo lower estate Edinburg Avenue. Thugs, …
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Local employer lobby extends translation and supervisory skills services to the investors Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For two decades now, hundreds of Chinese investors have flocked into Uganda to establish businesses but amongst the biggest challenges the Southeast Asian entrepreneurs often grapple with is “culture shock,” according to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 37 Chinese facing charges of unlawful possession of wildlife and trading without licenses in Uganda have agreed with the state to pay 180 million shillings for the charges to be dropped. They will also pay about 5.5 million shillings in the dollar currency to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing the 37 Chinese facing charges of unlawful possession of wildlife and trading illegally in Uganda have said that the 500 million shillings fine imposed on them is high. This was disclosed by their lawyers led by Jamilu Mujurizi who was on Wednesday briefing …
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Beijing, China | AFP | After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy unfolding in her hometown. Her journal drew tens of millions of readers — but now that it is about to be published abroad in several …
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Windhoek, Namibia | AFP | Namibia should by rights feel little concern about the coronavirus outbreak given that the sparsely-populated desert country is 12,000 kilometres from China and without a single confirmed case. But like many countries on the continent, the southern African nation hosts a big Chinese retail business community …
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Hong Kong, China | AFP | As the Chinese zodiac turns into the Year of the Pig next week, feng shui masters are predicting turbulence and division for world leaders at home — not least President Donald Trump, who risks having past secrets revealed. Sitting behind a large wooden desk …
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