China
10 hours ago
Chinese consumer tech giant Xiaomi will launch its first-ever EV at a press conference in Beijing Thursday, injecting itself into a fiercely competitive sector in the world's largest car market.
2 days ago
The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth $11 million, state media said Tuesday, as a string of sports officials were jailed for corruption. Under President Xi Jinping, a sweeping crackdown on official graft has struck hard at China's sports industry, especially football. About…
2 days ago
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) has called on China to make more efforts towards understanding and implementing Nigeria's foreign policy trajectory, which majors on development, democracy, demography and diaspora.
4 days ago
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday called on China to implement "a comprehensive package of pro-market reforms" to boost a sluggish economy beset by a housing market crisis, low domestic demand and persistently high youth unemployment.
22 Mar
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will visit China, his country's biggest bilateral lender, next week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Friday.
18 Mar
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on Monday, telling his Russian counterpart his re-election "fully reflects the support of the Russian people", Beijing's state media reported. With 99 percent of polling stations having submitted results, Putin had secured 87.33 percent of all votes cast, official election data showed Monday, according…
18 Mar
The performance of China's economy in the first two months of 2024 was mixed, official figures showed Monday, with sluggish household consumption alongside increased industrial production reflecting an uneven recovery.
17 Mar
Former Chief Economist of the World Bank and the Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, Beijing, China, Professor Justin Yifu Lin, has debunked the notion of “debt trap” in the cooperation between China and Africa, describing it as a carefully crafted lie.
14 Mar
China on Thursday said the US House of Representatives' approval of a bill that would force TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company or be banned in the United States follows "entirely the logic of a bandit".
13 Mar
A huge suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in northern China killed two people and injured 26 more during Wednesday rush hour, state media reported, causing severe damage to buildings. The blast occurred just before 8:00 am (0000 GMT), state broadcaster CCTV said, in a residential area in the city of Sanhe, Hebei province, less…
12 Mar
Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Lagos, Ms. Yan Yuqing, has said her country will deepen bilateral, multilateral and regional economic cooperation and promote the implementation of free trade agreements that were entered into. She said China will also implement negotiations and sign high-standard free trade agreements and investment agreements with more…
10 Mar
The government of the People’s Republic of China has cautioned Africa against development models imposed on them by the Global North, stressing that they have neither brought stability nor prosperity to the continent.