China has officially removed pangolin scales from its 2020 list of approved ingredients used in traditional Chinese medicine, multiple media outlets report. According to the country’s state-run media , the latest version of Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 no longer...

U.S., China Plan Big Spending to Bolster Economies: Virus Update More (Bloomberg) -- Global cases surpassed 8 million as Beijing shut some areas to contain a virus cluster. Data scientists predicted India’s numbers may surge after it abandoned a lockdown and New...

As Africa braces itself for a surge of coronavirus infections, both China and the US are claiming to be Africa's greatest supporter, but there is more at stake in this escalating rivalry than simply tackling the virus, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding....

With little fanfare, the National People’s Congress—the annual convening of China’s top legislature and the country’s premier political event—rubber-stamped a $1.4 trillion infrastructure six-year spending plan on May 28, with fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday participate in the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 . The teleconference which is slated for 12:50 p.m, will be presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The Chinese leader...

Uwizeyimana Herman poses beside the sign of the "Africa Hema Village" in Gashora, Rwanda. [Photo/provided to China Daily] Uwizeyimana Herman planted the first habanero pepper sprout in his five-hectare plot in the town of Gashora, an hour's drive from Rwanda's...

COVETED SEAT: The UN Securtiy Council. Image: COURTESY: United Nations member states will vote today to select four new non-permanent members of the Security Council. The two African candidates today are Kenya and Djibouti. In August 2019, the African Union voted...

An Indian soldier stands guard at check post along a highway leading to Ladakh, on Wednesday 17 June ( EPA ) “Two bald men fighting over a comb” was the despairing assessment of Jorge Luis Borges of the Falklands War as the Argentine writer deplored of so many lives...

Protesters demonstrate against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd and Collins Khoza in Cape Town. Picture: Reuters AFRICA Day on May 25 was marked by the tragedy of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of racist police officers in the US. For many...

Angola is reducing oil shipments to China with which it pays part of its debt to its biggest creditor as the African OPEC member looks for debt relief from its international partners, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting sources with knowledge of the plans. The world’s...

The protests across the United States triggered by the killing of George Floyd in police custody have inspired a wave of demonstrations around the globe. Protesters in Australia, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, and many other countries are gathering en masse to...

As the world confronts the profound social, economic and political challenges that have emerged in the wake of Covid-19, Beijing has unleashed digital innovations that hold profound implications for the future of international trade, global governance, and...

Staff members offload the medical supplies from China at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Shoubao) China is an able and willing partner of Africa and countries in the African continent can learn from the Chinese development and...