Belgrade, Serbia | XINHUA | The just-concluded European tour of China’s top diplomat further demonstrated a need for stronger ties between the two sides to uphold multilateralism, stick to openness and scale up cooperation in the post-coronavirus world. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Italy, the …
Read More »Economic decoupling of U.S., China “long way away”: former IMF economist
Washington, US | XINHUA | China and the United States are closely connected economically, and an economic decoupling is “a long way away,” said Eswar Prasad, former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China division, earlier this week. “These two economies are still quite closely tied,” Prasad was quoted by …
Read More »Merkel: EU, China want to set example for multilateralism
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany and the European Union (EU) wanted to continue the conversation with China and set an example for multilateralism. Merkel made the remarks at her routine press conference after the summer vacation every year, when she answered …
Read More »Ugandan-Chinese basketball star Zhu Mingzhen gets national team call
Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | Beijing-bred, Ugandan-Chinese Zhu Mingzhen has been called to the China national basketball team. Born in Beijing to a Mandarin-speaking Ugandan diplomat and a Chinese mother, Zhu, a graduate of Peking University’s Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) program, becomes China’s first adult national team member of …
Read More »China urges U.S. to stop military provocations
Beijing, China | XINHUA | The Chinese military opposes and is not afraid of the U.S. side’s recent escalating provocations against China, a spokesman said Thursday. Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the comments at a press conference in response to a media question about …
Read More »U.S. politicians urged to stop “despicable performance”
Beijing, China | XINHUA | China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged certain U.S. politicians to stop dragging China into its election campaigns, and stop their “despicable performance.” The ministry’s spokesperson Zhao Lijian said this at a routine press briefing in response to recent remarks by Director of Trade and Manufacturing …
Read More »China-Africa cooperation key to boost COVID-19 response, industrial growth: experts
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | African countries should leverage on robust bilateral ties with China to boost action on COVID-19 pandemic and hasten growth of the continent’s manufacturing sector, experts said on Tuesday. Speaking at a virtual forum in Nairobi, the experts from Africa and China noted that Africa’s COVID-19 battle …
Read More »Chinese Embassy in Poland opposes Pompeo’s erroneous claims on China
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Chinese Embassy in Poland on Sunday expressed its opposition to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s erroneous claims on China during his visit to the European country. Pompeo once again spread false information, attacked and slandered China for no reason, and tried to sow …
Read More »Stable China-U.S. relations important for world development, says expert
Paris, France | XINHUA | Safeguarding and stabilizing the relations between China and the United States has an impact on peace, stability and development in the world, Sonia Bressler, a French writer and Sinologist, told Xinhua in an interview on Saturday. “The relations between China and the United States are …
Read More »U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s attempt to revive Cold War won’t succeed
Beijing, China | XINHUA | During his second trip to Europe in less than a month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unsurprisingly carried on his malign campaign, hurling insults at China, scrambling to indoctrinate “America’s friends” with slanders and lies, and contriving to revive a Cold War. Addressing a …
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