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President Ramaphosa’s state visit to China

By Rachel Mohamed Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit (FOCAC) which kicked off on Monday and will run until Thursday, September 5th. This visit seeks to strengthen bilateral ties between China and South Africa attempting to narrow the nation's trade deficit with the Asian state to better economic circumstances for the nations. Speaking on VOC News Beat Dr. Oscar van Heerden, a scholar of international relations, focuses on international political economy, […]

4 September 2024

International

Why Turkey wants to join Brics

Turkey has made a strategic move to join the Brics economic bloc earlier this year, three Turkish officials with knowledge of the matter told Middle East Eye. Brics, an acronym for its early members - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - is seen likely by some commentators to dominate the global economy in the coming decades. Often seen as an alternative to the G7, which is led primarily […]

8 June 2024

International

Ten workers killed in gas accident in China’s Inner Mongolia region

Ten people were killed and three others were injured in a gas accident at a workshop in Ordos in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said on Friday, citing local authorities. A burst of high-pressure gas on Thursday afternoon killed eight workers at the shop owned by Ordos Yiding Eco-Agriculture Development, CCTV reported. Four workers were injured, one of whom later died, state media Xinhua […]

8 September 2023

International

Washington has ‘obligation’ to fulfil military sales backlog to Taiwan: US lawmaker

The United States has an “obligation” to fulfil its backlog of arms sales to Taiwan and there is a bipartisan effort to ensure this happens, the vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said on Friday during a trip to Taipei. Taiwan has since last year complained of delays to US weapon deliveries, such as Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, as manufacturers turned supplies to Ukraine as it battles invading Russian forces. The […]

1 September 2023

International

China-sceptic leader of Solomon Islands largest province removed

Daniel Suidani, a vocal critic of China and leader of the Solomon Islands’s largest province, has been removed from office after a no-confidence vote in the provincial legislature, according to Australia’s public broadcaster ABC. Legislators brought the vote after accusing Suidani, premier of Malaita province in the Pacific Islands nation, of misappropriating funds, according to ABC. His supporters gathered in small numbers in the provincial capital Auki around the time […]

7 February 2023

International

China’s optimised Covid-19 strategy benefits exchanges with Africa

With the mutation of the Covid-19 virus, the popularisation of vaccination, and the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, China has announced that it will downgrade management of the disease from Class A to Class B from January 8. Policies such as cancelling quarantine for international travellers, restoring international passenger flights, and resuming passport and visa issuance, will take effect from the same date. As China is the world's […]

8 January 2023

International

New Zealand won’t require visitors from China to show COVID test

INTERNATIONAL The New Zealand government said it will not require travellers from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test on arrival, bucking a trend that has seen a number of countries implement testing measures as COVID cases surge in China. New Zealand’s COVID-19 minister, Ayesha Verrall, said in a statement on Wednesday that a public health risk assessment had concluded visitors from China would not contribute significantly to the number of […]

4 January 2023

International

Morocco to ban arrivals from China over COVID surge

Morocco will impose a ban on people arriving from China, whatever their nationality, from January 3 to avert any new wave of coronavirus infections, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. Several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of tourists visit Morocco from China every year, usually travelling on flights that come via the Gulf. In an abrupt change of policy, […]

1 January 2023

International

China, Saudi Arabia assure Pakistan of $13 billion in funding amid ongoing crises

China and Saudi Arabia have guaranteed $13 billion in funding to Pakistan as it continues to struggle with economic and environmental crises. According to the newspaper Dawn, Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told reporters that China said it will provide $4 billion worth of sovereign loans to the country, as well as refinancing a further $3.3 billion in commercial bank borrowings and increasing currency swaps by up to $1.45 billion. That […]

6 November 2022

China

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