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Tullow partners with CNOOC, Total to develop oil sector in Uganda

Tullow Oil has decided to partner with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and France’s Total to develop oil sector in western Uganda, a Ugandan official said on Wednesday. Fred Kaba... Read More

Chinese in Nigeria hold gala to celebrate lunar New Year

More than 800 Chinese and their foreign friends gathered in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and largest city, on Sunday to celebrate the first day of Chinese lunar New Year with dragon dance, delici... Read More

Tanzanian first lady commends Chinese community’s contribution to local development

Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete on Sunday highlighted Chinese community’s contribution to the local development, noting that Chinese community in Tanzania is part of the local society and the... Read More

Nigeria willing to enhance tourism co-op with China

Nigeria is willing to enhance cooperation with China in the tourism sector, an official of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) said on Friday. Olusegun Runsewe, director-general of the... Read More

CNPC clinches deal to develop Iranian gas field

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country’s largest oil and gas producer, has clinched a deal to develop phase 11 of Iran’s South Pars gas project, and beef up its oil and gas oper... Read More

China, Costa Rica conclude FTA talks

China and Costa Rica concluded their year-long negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Wednesday. During the sixth and last round talks, the two sides discussed issues ranging from market ac... Read More

China, Costa Rica likely to sign free trade agreement

China and Costa Rica were likely to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at an early date after going through some domestic procedures, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. The two sid... Read More

Saudi Arabia, Angola, Iran remain top 3 oil suppliers to China

Saudi Arabia, Angola and Iran remained the three largest oil sources for China in 2009, with the three supplying 47.7 percent of China’s total imports, according data released Wednesday by the G... Read More

China, Colombia celebrate 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties

A reception was held in Beijing Tuesday evening to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Colombia. “China and Colombia have witnessed a compreh... Read More

China to deepen mutually beneficial cooperative ties with Costa Rica: FM spokesman

China will deepen mutually beneficial cooperative ties with Costa Rica and promote the development of bilateral ties in an all-round manner, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Tuesday. China has t... Read More

China appoints special representative on Korean Peninsula affairs

The Chinese government has appointed former Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei as special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said in a press rel... Read More

China’s free trade area strategy advancing steadily

The free trade area agreement is one of the most dynamic instruments for bilateral and regional economic cooperation, and is also an important step toward regional economic integration with profound p... Read More

China’s oil production ranks 4th in world, only meets half domestic demand

Although China has already overtaken Iran to become the world’s fourth largest crude oil producer, China also has the world’s second largest crude oil demand, and domestic production is st... Read More

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