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China’s manufacturers are going broke

Overcapacity is leading to soaring bankruptcies ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Most news on China’s manufacturers is bad news for rivals around the world. Foreign governments fear their domestic champions will be pummelled by low-cost Chinese rivals. But on August 5th the world got a small reminder that China’s producers face big …

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Makerere hosts conference on China-Africa cultural exchange, mutual learning

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Academics from Uganda’s Makerere University and several Chinese institutions, including Xiangtan University, have gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala for a two-day conference focused on enhancing cultural exchange and mutual understanding between China and Africa. Buyinza Mukadasi, speaking on behalf of Makerere University’s vice …

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House tells UNRA to renegotiate road contract with China firm

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority will have to renegotiate a contract with Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) for the reconstruction of Masaka-Mutukula Road and rehabilitation of several roads in Masaka District, Parliament has guided. The legislators want the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation …

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Museveni timber export ban bites

Technocrats blame Chinese veneer processors, local tree growers blame the technocrats COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT  | In May last year, President Yoweri Museveni banned the export of ‘unprocessed’ timber products scampering a hitherto booming wood industry. One year later, panic from Museveni’s Executive Order No.3 continues with no end in …

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XI FOCUS: Building world-class armed forces for China

BEIJING | Xinhua | The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated its 97th founding anniversary on Thursday. The past few days have seen President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), engage in a string of …

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Translation drama as Chinese man remanded for murder

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded a Chinese National for murder. Dai Jie was on Thursday remanded by Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi who didn’t read the charges against him because of the language barrier. Dai Jie was brought to court by a …

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