Focac: China, Africa join hands in busting poverty, growing economies

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Ambassador of China to South Africa Wu Peng addresses South African National Press Club on September 13. Most journalists emphasised that Africa had a lot to learn ...

Academics’ roles vital for building a high-quality China-Africa community – Xi Jinping

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, and China’s President Xi Jinping during a ceremony for the delegation of South African Cabinet ministers on a state ...

China’s Peace Ark arrives in South Africa with lessons for Africa

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By David MonyaeChina’s naval hospital ship, the “Peace Ark” arrived in South Africa for the first time since its commissioning in 2008. It will be based in South ...

Flourishing FOCAC shapes China-Africa relations

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President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and President Xi Jinping at a previous FOCAC. The FOCAC Summit to take place in Beijing, China, is a valuable and refreshing addition ...

China’s new quality productive forces

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A cargo ship loaded with containers berths at a port in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on August 7, 2024. - China's exports grew slightly slower ...

China: CPC’s third plenum lives up to its billing

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BYD auto maker’s electric cars at the international container terminal of Taicang Port at Suzhou Port, in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province. China, already a world ...

India’s scandal: International law, moral standards bow to geopolitical interests

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Left to right, US First Lady Jill Biden, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden wave from the Truman Balcony during a welcoming ceremony for ...

Compromise not coercion is key to resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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From left to right, the flags of South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India and China during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Along ...

Dar es Salaam Consensus sets agenda for Focac

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President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and President Xi Jinping at the Focac. The theme, China-Africa Practice: Building a Community with a Shared Future, underlines the ...

China’s ambassador to South Africa departs on a high note

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Picture: Jacques Naude / Independent Newspapers / January 29, 2024 – Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, South Africa's ...

Carlson’s interview with Putin exposes Western media bias

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Picture: Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP / on February 6, 2024 – In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ...

Should the World prepare for the return of a Trump presidency?

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Picture: Christian Monterrosa / AFP / Taken on January 14, 2024 – Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump raises his fist at a ...

Martin Luther King Jr: Can the US live up to his ideals and values?

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Picture: Independent Media Archives – Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech on August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington ...

Good Sino-South African relations key for our development

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Picture: Siyabulela Duda / GCIS / taken on August 22, 2023 – President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa and President Xi Jinping of the Republic of ...

Safety summit paves way for regulation of AI

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Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth / POOL / AFP / Taken on November 2, 2023 – Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, shakes hands with X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon ...

Russian withdrawal another blow for nuclear arms reduction

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Picture: AFP / TASS Host Photo Agency / Yegor Aleyev / July 27, 2023 – Russia’s withdrawal from the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New Start), signed by the ...

China presses on, repositioning its Belt and Road Initiative

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Picture: Wang Guansen / Xinhua / Taken on May 23, 2023 – A platform of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Nairobi, Kenya. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway ...

African diplomacy failures in the spotlight

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Picture: AFP - The grain deal collapsed after Russia complained that parts of the agreement have not been met. By David MonyaeThe African Peace mission comprising ...

BRICS: 15th Summit was a watershed moment

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Picture: Itumeleng English / African News Agency (ANA) - The BRICS Summit was held at the Sandton Convention Centre held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, ...

Nato heads for Asia after Europe landfall

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Picture: Virginia Mayo – Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at Nato headquarters in Brussels. Close to absorbing most of Europe ...

China: Economic powerhouse, Peacemaker

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Picture: Vladimir Astapkovich, Genya Sailov, Gavriil Grigorov/AFP – On April 26, 2022, President Xi Jinping, centre, spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President ...

Foreign policy: DA, EFF out of line?

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