China offers Africa Ksh6.5T in fresh funding, promises a million jobs
President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support to the world’s fastest-growing continent with funding of nearly Ksh6.5 trillion, backing for more infrastructure initiatives and a promise to create at least 1 million jobs. The world’s biggest two-way lender, Beijing showed a desire to move away from funding big-ticket infrastructure and focus […]
At least 11 killed as school bus ploughs into crowd
A school bus ploughed into a crowd of persons and killed at least 11, including five students, in China’s Shandong province, state media report. Several others were injured, including one who is in bad condition. The bus appears to have rammed into the students and parents as they were standing outside the gates of a […]
China seeks to unite Palestinian factions with unity deal
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration agreeing to form an interim “national reconciliation government” for the occupied West Bank and Gaza after the war with Israel, in a meeting brokered by China, China’s foreign minister and Hamas officials have said. Representatives from the groups, along with 12 other Palestinian factions, pledged […]
Shooting dogs: China displays its military prowess using rifle-firing robot
During recent military drills with Cambodia, China’s military showed off a robot dog with an automatic rifle mounted on its back, essentially turning man’s best (electronic) friend into a killing machine. “It can serve as a new member in our urban combat operations, replacing our (human) members to conduct reconnaissance and identify (the) enemy and […]
Ruto’s message to China as they celebrate New Year
President William Ruto has extended warm New Year wishes to the Republic of China as they welcome the year 2024. In a statement on Saturday, February 10, the Head of State conveyed greetings on behalf of the government and the people of Kenya. “On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Kenya […]
Australian writer sentenced to death in China
Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean Yang’s sentence could be commuted to life imprisonment for good behaviour. “The Australian government is appalled by this outcome,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny […]
Young Chinese getting paid to be ‘full-time children’ as jobs become harder to find
Exhausted by the pressure to succeed as a photographer, Litsky Li accepted a better offer: quit work to become one of China’s growing legions of children paid by their families to stay home. Li, 21, now spends her days grocery shopping for her family in the central city of Luoyang and caring for her grandmother, […]