CHINESE NEW YEAR RECEPTION DISPLAYS AN EXCITING WAY OF LIFE THROUGH FOOD, SONG AND DANCE
It was a New Year’s celebration like no other: pomp and ceremony laced with the simplicity that displayed human love, camaraderie and fellowship as dozens of revellers from diverse backgrounds basked in the sunshine of a truly Chinese-style reception. Led by Amb Wu Peng, the Chinese embassy in South Africa held the New Year reception […]
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV REFLECTS ON RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY IN 2024
VETERAN RUSSIAN TOP DIPLOMAT SERGEY LAVROV RESPONDED TO A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA. BELOW IS A SELECTION OF HIS POINTED ANSWERS: ON THE WEST: “The West is intoxicated by its perceived “greatness,” its impunity* , and its self-endowed authority to dictate the destinies of peoples worldwide. This reflects arrogance and a disdainful attitude […]
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR RURAL KGOM0-KGOMO, THANKS TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY
Chinese Embassy in South Africa joined hands with the government as it continued to revive the rural heartland of the North West province, this time providing the impoverished Kgomo-Kgomo villagers with home solar batteries and Christmas hampers. At the well-attended donation ceremony at the local school men, women and children filled the two white tent […]
SUCCESS FOR SA COMPANIES AT THE CHINA BUSINESS EXPO
South Africa’s participation at the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has ended on a high note with the South African businesspeople expressing confidence and optimism that the trade leads will soon result into concrete deals. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) supported 35 companies to showcase their products and services […]
ESWATINI WILL BE WISER TO REVIEW ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN
“Penny-wise pound-foolish,” that in my humble opinion appears to be the fundamental base – misguided and unfortunate as it is – of the Eswatini foreign policy toward China. How can, in this day and era, the small kingdom of Eswatini be the only country in the whole of the African continent that refuses to recognize […]
BRIEFING ON THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION OF THE 20TH CENTRAL COMMITEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA
This week, China’s Director of National Financial Regulatory Administration, Mr Li Yunze, addressed the media and key stakeholders at a briefing in Pretoria. It was his first visit to SA. Below is his address in full: “Distinguished delegates of political parties, think-tanks and media, ladies and gentlemen, friends, good afternoon. Representing various fields and sectors, you are […]
“GOOD FRIENDS WE HAVE TODAY REPRESENT FUTURE BRIDGES TOWARDS OUR SHARED FUTURE” – AMB WU PENG
At the recent Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that was held in Beijing, no less than 51 African heads of state or their delegations attended the meeting in person, signifying the importance of the occasion amidst the rapidly-changing international world order. Also in attendance were the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and the […]
CHINA’S ROLE IN AFRICAN MODERNIZATION
By Gao Jian The recent Forum on China-Africa Cooperation preludes a new chapter on the relationship between China and African countries. President Xi makes a definitely proposal for the elevation of relations with the rarified term “all-weather community of shared future” in the new era. In consideration of such a time of once-in-a-century change characterized […]
“WE WILL IMPLEMENT FOCAC RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT DELAY” – AMB WU
China’s top envoy to South Africa, Ambassador Wu Peng, is a diplomat on a mission: He wants to bolster bilateral ties between Pretoria and Beijing to the level where benefits of the existing “golden era relations” could be felt and seen across every sphere of society. Amb Wu was briefing the media at a special […]