Archive for November, 2008
S African scholars: Reform, opening up give great impetus to China’s development
China’s reform and opening-up policy has greatly enhanced its overall national strength, said Prof. Arnold van Zyl, vice-rector of South Africa’s Stellenbosch University. Since the late 1970s, Prof. Van Zyl has ... Read More
Financial crisis casts shadow over global climate talks
Delegates from over 190 nations are scheduled to meet here Monday, trying to reach consensus in order to seal an agreement at the Copenhagen meeting next year to replace the current Kyoto Protocol that is to expire in ... Read More
Nigeria’s Plateau State gov’t gives shoot-on-sight order
As the riots escalated in north Nigeria’s Plateau State, the Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has directed the security agents to shoot on sight any person or group they suspected to be fuelling the violence that ... Read More
Hu: China’s economic development faces challenges
Chinese President Hu Jintao warned on Saturday that the global financial turmoil will make it harder for China to maintain the pace of its economic development in the near future. China is under growing tension from its large ... Read More
China, Myanmar pledge to promote bilateral relations
Senior military officials of China and Myanmar agreed on Saturday to strengthen the relations of the two countries and armed forces in an all-around way. The two countries should enhance military and state-to-state exchanges to ... Read More
Monsoon study for climate change links
CHINESE scientists are set to start tracking monsoons in the eastern Yangtze River Delta to find out how human activities have impacted on climate change. Research had indicated a correlation in the driest area in China, the ... Read More
China’s reform, opening-up offers DR Congo much to learn
China’s remarkable achievements during the three decades of reform and opening-up have offered the Democratic Republic of Congo a great deal to learn, Professor Henry Kokolo with the Institute Faculty of Science of ... Read More
Ukraine welcomes second Confucius Institute
The second Confucius Institute in Ukraine, co-founded by China’s Jilin University and the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, opened Friday on the latter’s campus. Zhou Li, the Chinese ambassador to ... Read More
All inclusive government remains elusive in Zimbabwe
Two months after the global political agreement on the establishment of an all-inclusive government was signed by Zimbabwe’s main political rivals, the nation awaits the translation of the black and white print into ... Read More
China calls for assistance to developing countries in UN meeting on financial crisis
China called on the international community to substantially help developing countries to maintain financial stability and economic growth so as to cope with the global financial crisis. Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei, also ... Read More
China concerned over situation in DR Congo
China is extremely concerned over the current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a senior Chinese diplomat said here on Friday. “Judging from the current situation, a long-term process is needed ... Read More
China signs 19 purchase contracts with Turkey
Chinese and Turkish business people signed 19 contracts here Friday on the purchase of Turkish commodities worth about 230 million U.S. dollars. Visiting China’s top political advisor Jia Qinglin attended the signing ... Read More
Bank of China opens subsidiaries in Switzerland
Bank of China has opened two subsidiaries in Switzerland, becoming the first Chinese banking group to establish a presence in the country, the organization announced Friday. The bank said in a press release that it has received ... Read More