In Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan, stands a blue and white brick-and-concrete structure. This is a police station named after a Chinese peacekeeping police officer – Dongxing. In 2008, Sun Dongxing was sent to Wau on a United Nations peacekeeping mission. The local police station was dilapidated and unusable. Responding to the pleas of local officials, he …
“Carrying forward the Shanghai Spirit: SCO in Action.” This is a slogan raised by China after it took the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for 2024-2025 in July this year. It clearly demonstrates that the SCO is not about high-sounding rhetoric, but about concrete action. China has fully started the work as the rotating presidency. It will …
The BRICS countries now account for about 30 percent of the global GDP, nearly half the global population, and one-fifth of global trade after the group’s expansion from five members to 10 in January. The enlargement of BRICS is “a major milestone” in its history and “a landmark event” in the evolution of the international situation, said Chinese President Xi …
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia’s Kazan on Tuesday for the 16th BRICS Summit. Russian officials greeted Xi at the airport. Guards of honor lined up on both sides of a red carpet to salute the Chinese leader, and Russian youths dressed in national costumes welcomed him with traditional courtesy. A Russian fighter jet was seen escorting Xi’s plane.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and Russia have found the right way for neighboring major countries to get along with each other, which is based on non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting any third party. In his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi said China-Russia relations have come a long way and made a series of …
• At least 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza’s town of Beit Lahiya, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said. READ MORE BELOW • Israel said its airforce attacked Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Beirut on Sunday as well as an underground workshop for the production of weapons. READ MORE BELOW • Israel struck dozens of …
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country’s state-level economic and technological development zones to continuously stimulate innovation vitality and endogenous momentum and promote high-standard opening up for in-depth reform and high-quality development. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a recent instruction on …
Hamas on Friday confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, with Khalil Al-Hayya, one of its senior officials, saying the death will only strengthen the group. In a video statement published on Friday, Al-Hayya, deputy Gaza Hamas chief and the group’s chief negotiator, said Sinwar died in combat, and his death will turn into a curse on “the occupiers.” …
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged east China’s Anhui Province to apply the new development philosophy on all fronts and leverage its role in multiple national development strategies to write an Anhui chapter in Chinese modernization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made these remarks during an …
PM Shehbaz terms Gwadar Int’l airport a gift from China to people of Balochistan Gwadar Airport to serve as catalyst for economic prosperity, regional connectivity ISLAMABAD: Prime Ministers of Pakistan and China on Monday jointly inaugurated the Gwadar International Airport, a key component of the multi-billion-dollar CPEC project. The airport, located 26 kilometers northeast of the existing Gwadar airport, has been …