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China Banking on Cultural Exchanges to Boost Cooperation with Africa
Boosted by successful cooperation with Africa in the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China is now seeking to further its cultural exchanges to foster a better comprehension between African and Chinese peoples. “Following...
Egyptian President Opens the 4th China-Africa Ministerial Forum
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has opened the activities of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm El-Sheikh, 500km from Cairo the capital, in the presence of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The...
A Tale of Two Tensions
I found it useful to read Gideon Rachman’s analysis for the Financial Times of the proceedings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, since it provided an interesting perspective on how seriously the WEF took the “forum” part...
New Market for British Pig Meat Moving Closer
Defra today announced that a protocol on the conditions for the export of UK pig meat to China has been signed by the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham, and Li Changjiang, Minister at the General Administration of Quality,...
China Offers Reverse Sterilization to Mothers Who Lost Children in Quake
China is sending a medical team to its earthquake ravaged southwest to offer reverse sterilization surgery for women who lost their only children in the May 12th quake.
Chinese Rescuers Evacuate Towns; Government Allocates Millions for ‘Quake Lakes’
Residents of the southwestern Chinese village of Tianlin are conducting emergency drills with gongs and loudspeakers, in preparation for possible flooding if an earthquake-formed lake bursts its dam and inundates the town.
Dams in Danger of Collapse As Heavy Rains Forecast for China Quake Zone
Chinese authorities are warning that nearly 70 dams weakened by the force of a deadly earthquake are in danger of collapsing, while weather forecasters have issued heavy rain warnings for devastated areas of Sichuan province.
