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201 articles matching the search query.
US$10 billion Bagamoyo Port project ‘not off table’, Tanzanian envoy says
Negotiations to restart development of deep water port ‘ongoing’, Mbelwa Kairuki says.
Chinese farmers gear up for armyworm as government says situation severe
China's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it had now found fall armyworm in 19 provinces, across 5 million mu or about 333,000 hectares of crops.
Stink Bugs Could Be Unleashed to Battle China's Fall Armyworms
Scientists in China are seeking to deploy an army of predatory stink bugs to battle a fall armyworm incursion that threatens to devastate the country’s grain crops.
Huawei strengthens foothold in Africa to offset US ban
With Huawei so deeply embedded in Africa, the continent may find it difficult to avoid becoming a collateral victim of the US-China bust-up.
China's $1.9 Billion Belt and Road Kazakhstan Rail Goes Off Track
A planned light-railway system that was the most high-profile project in Kazakhstan of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure program has hit a wall.
South Korea ramps up disinfection to protect against North's outbreak of African swine fever
South Korea will boost disinfection measures to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever from spreading to its pig herd, after the disease was found in North Korea, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Tanzania's China-backed $10 billion port plan stalls over terms: official
A planned $10 billion port project in Tanzania backed by China has hit an impasse, with the two sides disagreeing on terms of the infrastructure investment, a senior Tanzanian port official said on Wednesday.
Africa’s largest mosque opens with a little help from China
The Great Mosque of Algiers will be the third biggest mosque in the world, behind Islam's two holiest sites
Opinion | Is China the World’s Loan Shark? (Published 2019)
Some say Beijing lends money for infrastructure and development to pressure poor countries with debt. Not so.
Auto giants battle used car dealers for Africa's huge market
At the edge of Nairobi's Ngong Forest, thousands of used cars glitter in the hot sun on a dusty field, waiting for buyers.
Djibouti Needed Help, China Had Money, and Now the U.S. and France Are Worried
The African nation is tiny, poor, strategically located—and deeply in debt to Beijing.
U.S. Agency to Double Africa Spending to Counter China Reach
The U.S. government’s development finance agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corp., aims to double investment in Africa to $12.4 billion to counter growing Chinese economic and political influence on the continent.
As China pushes traditional medicine globally, illegal wildlife trade flourishes
Chinese traditional medicine is rapidly expanding worldwide as a key pillar of the country's Belt and Road initiative, but conservation groups say demand for treatments using animal products is driving a surge in illegal trafficking of wildlife.
Ethiopia in talks with China to ease ‘serious’ debt woes tied to railway
Ethiopian ambassador to China Teshome Toga Chanaka insists that signing on to the Belt and Road Initiative ‘makes a lot of sense’, rejecting claims that the plan is a ‘debt trap’ for developing economies.
China's Plane Isn't Ready to Challenge Boeing, Airbus
A small order from an African airline can’t diminish the huge challenge Comac faces to disrupt the aviation duopoly.
China Closes in on Plane Order From Africa Amid Overseas Push
Chinese planemaker Comac is nearing an order from an airline in Ghana, a rare advance overseas for the state-owned company as it attempts to become a real challenger to Boeing Co. and Airbus SE.
U.S. says China's treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses 'since the 1930s'
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen "since the 1930s."
First Solar, Now Wind: China’s Renewable Dominance | OilPrice.com
Despite slower global wind power growth in 2018, China has doubled down on the renewable energy source while other countries have stumbled
How a presidential palace in Burundi fits in with China’s plans in Africa
The US$22 million complex is the latest in a long list of Chinese projects in the continent.
