A single mother in China was recently arrested after a police investigation revealed that she had sold her twin newborns for 65,000 yuan ($9,100) to settle her mounting debts and buy herself a new phone. According to Chinese newspaper Ningbo Evening News, the woman, who is in her 20s, resorted to selling her newborn twin sons […]
The Chinese community in Ghana has gathered to protest the violent acts in Hong Kong, China. The gathering called for peace in Hong Kong, with people holding placards saying ‘We love China’ and ‘We love Hong Kong’. The Chinese Ambassador, Mr Shi Ting Wang, stated that the majority of Chinese, including Hong Kong citizens, did […]
A video blogger has died while live-streaming himself eating poisonous insects and animals as part of a game. Sun, 35, was found unconscious in his bedroom in Hefei, Aunhui province, China, on Saturday, by his girlfriend. Earlier, he live-streamed himself feeding on centipedes, mealworms and geckos, while guzzling alcohol, according to local reports. Police confirmed Sun […]
Beijing is withholding the $4.9 billion needed to finish the project, once a flagship for Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road initiative. Gleaming concrete sleepers run across a new railway bridge in Kenya, the latest stretch of a Chinese-built line from the coast all the way to Uganda. Only, it doesn’t quite reach the border. Instead, […]
The World Population Prospects 2019 estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of the century, the planet will have to sustain around 11 billion. India will overtake China, sub-Saharan Africa population to double. India is […]
Hello there, if you are not a confrontational person then finding yourself in a situation where you have to argue with someone can be quite overwhelming. However, the Chinese marketplace Taobao offers people such as you the opportunity to hire professional quarrelers who will argue on your behalf! Taobao is known as the world’s largest […]
On 28th April, 2019 the Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey led a delegation to Beijing to meet with officials of CCECC to further discuss how to develop and implement the multi-million-dollar project. Other members of the delegation were the Chief Director at the Ministry of Railways Development Mr. Siisi Essuman-Ocran, a Chief State […]
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaian and Chinese artists to forge trade and cultural exchanges through the belt road initiative. This was at the opening of the 2019 Art Exhibition of Silk Road Language of Art in Accra. “In a globalized world, each country should treasure its cultural inheritance, as well […]
Dr. Richard Seidu Abdul Rahaman a medical doctor who has taken to driving a taxi to earn a living has vowed to fight the Ghana Medical and Dental Council with the last drop of his blood to ensure that they license him to operate as a neurosurgeon in the country. According to him, the council […]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected China loan totaling to 325 Billion Shillings. In his defense the Kenyan president said it will be difficult to run the country with all the loans they have received from China. Already Kenya is facing huge amount of Loans from Both World Bank and China. Some of the collaterals […]
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. Face2face Africa reports that the project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new […]
For decades, China’s presence in Africa has largely focused on economic, commercial and peacekeeping activities. Now, Beijing is building on that by establishing greater military links to protect its national assets on the continent and gain greater geopolitical influence. The People’s Liberation Army conducts regular joint training exercises across the region and, in certain countries […]
