DAR ES SALAAM, June 16 (ABC):  A prompt reply by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, to a letter from all participants of the Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa Leading Cadres Workshop 2022 is an inspiration to southern African youth cadres. Nawanda Yahya, head of the participants from Tanzania, said that being …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): The number of online payment users in China amounted to 904 million at the end of 2021, a report said. The figure accounted for 87.6 percent of the country’s total netizens and was up by nearly 50 million from a year ago, according to the Payment & Clearing Association of China. China’s cashless and cardless trend …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China’s central bank on Thursday conducted 10 billion yuan (1.49 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos to maintain liquidity in the banking system. The interest rate for the seven-day reverse repos was set at 2.1 percent, according to the People’s Bank of China. The move aims to keep liquidity in the banking system reasonably stable, the …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China will support private investment and take forward projects that deliver multiple effects as part of the efforts to better spur effective investment, consumption and employment, according to a decision made at the State Council’s Executive Meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting highlighted the imperative to keep to the overall thinking and …

BEIJING, June 16 (ABC): China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu Wednesday held talks with Manzoor Nadir, speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, via video link. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said that political mutual trust is a solid foundation and a significant guarantee for the healthy and stable …

JINAN, June 16 (ABC): China has made great achievements in carbon reduction, with its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2021 plunging by 50.3 percent from 2005, an official said Wednesday. Last year, the share of coal in China’s total energy-consumption mix dropped to 56 percent from 72.4 percent in 2005, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Zhao …

LONDON, June 15(ABC): Russia said on Wednesday that the West had “shot itself in the head” by trying to limit energy imports from the oil and gas fields of Siberia due to the Ukraine conflict, in sharp contrast to China which has increased deliveries of energy. The war in Ukraine — and the West’s attempt to isolate Russia as punishment …

WEB DESK, June 14(ABC): China’s economy and society are at increasing risk from climate change and the country needs to improve adaptation mechanisms and monitoring capabilities at every level of government, according to a new policy document. “Climate change has already brought serious adverse impacts to China’s natural ecological system, and has continued to spread and penetrate into economy and …

WEB DESK, June 14(ABC): A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday hoped that India would “properly resolve” the situation that has emerged as a result of Bhartia Janata Party (BJP) leaders making blasphemous remarks, hurting the sentiments of Muslims in India and around the world. “We have noted relevant reports and hope that the relevant situation can be properly resolved,” …

BEIJING, June 14 (ABC): Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate a set of trial outlines on military operations other than war. The outlines aim to protect people’s lives and property, safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interest, and safeguard world peace and regional stability. The outlines, comprising 59 articles in six chapters, …