Tag: China
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Can African small businesses benefit from China’s zero-tariff policy? {Business Africa}
China’s decision to grant zero-tariff access to exports from 53 African countries has been welcomed as a landmark step in strengthening Africa-China economic ties. The policy promises to improve market access for African goods and potentially boost exports, investment, and industrial development across the continent. However, the reality on the ground tells a more complex…
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🇰🇪 Kilimani’s Emerging Chinatown: How Chinese Influence Is Reshaping a Nairobi Neighborhood
Kilimani in Nairobi is quietly evolving into Kenya’s own Chinatown, with Chinese supermarkets, clinics, and restaurants clustering near the embassy and media hubs, drawing Chinese migrants, Kenyan professionals, and global expats into a shared urban space.
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🇦🇫 ISKP Escalates Its War Against Beijing in Latest Attack Targeting Chinese Nationals, Promises More to Come
A deadly bombing at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr‑e‑Naw district, which killed at least six Afghans and one Chinese national and injured many others, marks the latest flashpoint in the steadily intensifying confrontation between the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISKP) and China. Claimed by the local Islamic State branch, the attack struck a…
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🇨🇳 Are You Dead? What China’s Darkly Humorous Viral App Reveals About Urban Loneliness
A bluntly named Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” has exploded in popularity, and its rise says as much about modern loneliness as it does about technology. [1][2] What the app actually does The app, known in Chinese as “Sileme” (literally “Are you dead?”), is built around a single, stark function: proving that you are…
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🇰🇷🇨🇳Xi gifts South Korea’s president two Xiaomi phones—with a subtle diplomatic message
During the recent APEC summit held in Seoul, Chinese President Xi Jinping made headlines by presenting South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung with two Xiaomi flagship smartphones. What seemed at first like a friendly exchange of gifts carried an underlying diplomatic nuance that drew attention far beyond the conference hall. Witnesses at the event said Xi…
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🇪🇹 Abiy Ahmed Launches Ethiopia’s First Drone Assembly Factory Amid Regional Arms Race
Ethiopia has taken another step toward asserting its technological and military independence with the inauguration of SkyWin Aeronautics Industries, a state-linked drone assembly facility in Addis Ababa. The factory, officially opened on March 8, 2025, was launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who hailed the project as a milestone in the nation’s journey toward self-reliance…
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🇳🇬 Gunmen Attack Convoy of Chinese Workers in Southern Nigeria
At least eight personnel from Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were killed and four others injured after gunmen ambushed a convoy in Edo State transporting Chinese workers linked to BUA Cement. The attack took place on Friday (September 5) while the convoy was moving through a rural stretch of road. Four Chinese nationals…
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🇨🇳🇲🇱 Chinese Armored Vehicles Arrive in Mali
A large column of military equipment arrived in Bamako, September 4 in the evening from Conakry, including Chinese-made VP14 MRAPs and VN22 (B) armored vehicles. At least 110 VP14 MRAPs and 30 VN22 (B) units were counted, along with dozens of container trucks carrying weapons, ammunition, boats, and other equipment. The scale of the delivery…
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🇺🇬🇹🇿 Standard Bank is ready to continue financing EACOP after internal review
Standard Bank Ltd. continues to finance the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project, carried out by TotalEnergies SE. The $5 billion pipeline will connect oil fields in Uganda with an export terminal in Tanzania. However, the project faces strong opposition from environmental organizations. In 2021, the bank hired an independent consultant to assess its involvement,…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: Overhead Bridge Project Kicks off Today
— Huge traffic congestion expected in Congo Town due to ceremony, Public Works Ministry says Major traffic congestion is expected today around the Ministerial Complex area in Congo Town as Liberia officially breaks ground for the much-anticipated China-Aid Overpass Bridges Project, the Ministry of Public Works has warned. The ceremony, set to take place this…
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