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		<title>Build it up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments around the world used to employ Chinese construction firms just to build bridges, railways and other infrastructure projects. But now they want them to invest in them and run them too. &#8220;In the past, we would just go abroad with machines and technical teams, building what customers wanted and waiting for the payment,&#8221; Zhao Hui, who has been working in infrastructure construction in Africa since 1998, told the Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1,072 Chinese gold miners return from Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 1,072 Chinese people working as gold miners in Ghana have returned to their homes in Shanglin County of south China&#8217;s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the county government said Thursday night. The Ghanaian government launched a crackdown on illegal mining in early June, arresting 169 Chinese workers. After consultations between officials of the two countries, the Chinese detainees were released. A number of Shanglin natives were among those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two new funds to boost trade with Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New initiatives to lift investment in the continent The China-Africa Business Council and the China-Africa Development Fund have decided to set up two new funds this year boost China&#8217;s investment in Africa. One fund is for commercial ventures, and the other, for mining activities. Zheng Yuewen, chairman of CABC, which represents the interests of more than 550 Chinese companies in Africa, said each fund will raise $1 billion in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China urges Sudan, South Sudan to remain calm, restrained</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China on Thursday urged Sudan and South Sudan to remain calm and resolve disputes through negotiations. &#8220;We call on both sides to remain calm and restrained, take care of each other&#8217;s major concerns, implement the agreements and settle disputes through negotiations and consultations so as to safeguard the overall situation of the two sides,&#8221; Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily press briefing. Hua&#8217;s comments came after Sudanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese delegation in Ghana after nationals arrested in crackdown on illegal gold mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese joint working team is in Ghana to discuss issues linked to Chinese nationals in the crackdown on illegal gold mining in the West African country. Upon its arrival on Tuesday, the team of the Chinese ministries of foreign affairs, commerce and public security met with Ghanaian officials of the security and immigration departments to discuss the issues. Zhou Youbin, charge d&#8217;affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Ghana, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese solar panel makers tap into Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese solar panel makers may bulk up in Afria after China finishes building one of the biggest solar power stations on the continent. Chinese solar panel makers will supply most of the $140 million needed to build a solar power station in Garissa, Kenya, according to State-owned China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation, the deal&#8217;s coordinator. The coordinating company said Wednesday that the project will serve as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials sent to Ghana to urge Chinese homecoming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A work team has been sent to Ghana and will persuade Chinese digging gold in the country to return home, authorities in the southern city of Nanning said on Tuesday. Thousands of Chinese, inspired by stories of quick fortune, have flocked to Ghana in recent years as gold diggers, and most of them are from Shanglin county in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. However, the Ghana government has launched a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt aids fleeing miners</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29854</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese gold miners in Ghana who hid in forests or locals&#8217; homes from a government crackdown are retreating with the help of representatives sent by the Chinese government and embassy. Officials with the Chinese embassy and Shanglin county of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where most of the miners are from, are rescuing miners trapped at different mining sites. Li Jun, an official from the Shanglin government&#8217;s office in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China calls on international community to continue advancing Somalia peace process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China on Thursday called on the United Nations and the international community to continue to play an active and constructive role in addressing the Somalia issue and advancing the peace process in the country. Li Baodong, China&#8217;s permanent representative to the United Nations, said at an open Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia that &#8220;We support the new government of Somalia in implementing an interim Constitution, carrying out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Due care for miners</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29814</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is widespread concern back home about the situation of the 124 Chinese nationals detained by police in Ghana for suspected illegal gold mining, China&#8217;s authorities should work with their Ghanaian counterparts for a proper settlement to the issue as soon as possible and seek a once-and-for-all solution to the alleged illegal gold mining by Chinese nationals in the West African country. But before that, the Ghanaian authorities must provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese firm seeks to impart ICT skills to Kenya</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29808</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese telecommunication firm Huawei on Thursday signed an agreement with SlumCode Group, an organization founded by youths to help them have access to information and digital literacy, to invest in skills transfer for youths in Kenya&#8217;s slums. The collaboration seeks to empower the youth and create a platform where they can explore their options and learn how to integrate ICT into their business to make it more efficient and create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold miners held in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29800</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry asks mine workers to adhere to local laws China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry on Thursday called on all Chinese citizens in Ghana to abide by local laws, after 124 Chinese workers allegedly involved in illegal mining were detained this week in Accra, the West African country&#8217;s capital. Shanglin&#8217;s mining tradition Shanglin, a State-level impoverished county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, contributes around 90 percent of the Chinese miners in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese gold miners detained in crackdown by Ghana authorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Wednesday said 124 suspected Chinese illegal miners had been detained in Accra, the capital of the West African country. Francis Palmdeti, head of public affairs of the GIS, told Xinhua that the Chinese were involved in illegal gold mining in the central region of Ashanti, as well as in western and eastern regions. Representatives from the Chinese embassy in Ghana visited the detention house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China auditors uncover irregularities in foreign loan projects</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29832</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s top auditing agency said on Wednesday that 5.02 billion yuan ($815 million) has been used improperly in projects funded through foreign aid and loans. The National Audit Office (NAO) announced the results in its annual report on foreign loans and aid projects in 2011, surveying 94 projects involving 27.57 billion yuan in foreign funds. The general situation is good, although some problems remain, the report noted. It found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese miners seek refuge in forest as Ghana army continues hunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese gold miners hiding in forests to escape a Ghanaian military manhunt asked for help with their retreat on Thursday, after a harsh crackdown on illegal miners that has seen 124 Chinese detained so far. Yu Jie, a spokesperson from the Chinese embassy in the West African nation, told the Global Times that teams have been sent to those cities where Chinese miners are concentrated to negotiate with local authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>124 suspected Chinese illegal miners arrested in Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Wednesday disclosed that 124 suspected Chinese illegal miners were detained in Accra, the capital of the West African country. Francis Palmdeti, the head of public affairs of the GIS, told Xinhua in a telephonic interview that the Chinese arrestees were involved in illegal gold mining in the central region of Ashanti, as well as in western and eastern regions. Some of them have overstayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guangxi warns locals off Ghana gold mining</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29804</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities of Shanglin county in Southwest China&#8217;s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have urged a halt to locals going to the Republic of Ghana for gold mining, following Wednesday&#8217;s arrest of 124 Chinese miners in the African country. A number of Shanglin natives were among those arrested on charges of illegal mining by Ghanaian authorities. A statement from the Shanglin government quoted an unnamed spokesman as saying that the &#8220;gold rush&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China lodges representations to Ghana on mass detention</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has lodged representations to the West African country over the detention of 124 Chinese nationals, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Thursday. At a daily news briefing, Hong said that the ministry and the embassy attached great importance to the matter, referring to Ghana&#8217;s detention of the Chinese citizens in a crackdown on illegal gold mining. The embassy has immediately lodged representations to high-ranking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Bln Yuan in Foreign Aid and Loans &#8216;Misused&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29792</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Audit Office reports discovers problems with 58 of the 94 projects it examined The National Audit Office said more than 5 billion yuan has been misused in projects partly funded by foreign aid and loans. The figure included the equivalent of nearly 47 million yuan in foreign capital. It made the announcement on June 5, based on auditing the financial reports for 2011 of 94 projects managed by central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo seeks to catch up in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan has been adopting dollar diplomacy since the Abe administration took office in late December. The country has been busy announcing development aid programs for Myanmar, India and Africa. When the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development opened in Yokohama on Saturday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged that his country&#8217;s aid to Africa in the five years through 2017 will total 3.2 trillion yen ($31.8 billion). Japan also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese minibus enters local market in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese minibus, made in South Africa, started to enter the local market, media reported on Friday. &#8220;Beijing Automotive Works South Africa (BAW SA) has introduced its Sasuka 16-seater minibus into the local taxi market,&#8221; said the South African newspaper Star. About 51 percent shares in BAW SA was held by its parent company Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company in China, while the rest part is shared by the Industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China calls for support, assistance to Central Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 05:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A senior Chinese diplomat to the UN on Wednesday called on the international community to actively help Central African countries achieve peace and stability. Li Baodong, China&#8217;s permanent representative to the United Nations, made the statement while addressing a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Central African region. &#8220;Central Africa is still faced with many challenges in peace and security,&#8221; said Li. &#8220;This is especially true that situation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese companies to build hydro-power plants for Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29600</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 08:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Chinese firms on Tuesday officially commenced the construction of 700 megawatts (MW) Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant in Nigeria. The plant, located in central north Niger State, is expected to be completed in 2017 and is being constructed by China-based consortium of Sinohydro Corporation Ltd and Chinese National Electric Engineering Co (CNEEC). Both Chinese firms signed the Engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract with the federal ministry of power to complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese in Chad allege police extortion, embassy urges caution</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29564</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 06:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 50 Chinese citizens in N&#8217;Djamena, the capital of Chad, claim to have been shaken down by local police under the pretext of a security check since May 16, according to the Chinese embassy to Chad. The Chinese victims were mostly individual merchants or laborers, Shu Shi, a consul from the Chinese embassy, told the Global Times on Monday. Shu said the victims were taken to a local security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China pledges to step up partnership with Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29535</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 06:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said on Saturday that China is willing to work with African countries to advance the China-Africa new-type strategic partnership to a higher level. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People&#8217;s Congress (NPC), made the remarks at a reception held by the African Diplomatic Corps in China to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), predecessor of the African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan runners protest at marathon prize</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29533</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 06:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Kenyan participants in the Tianjin Marathon relay race refused their prize money, believing it to be too low, Tianjin sports bureau told the Global Times on Sunday that it had never agreed to give the athletes $50,000. A total of 30 Kenyan runners participating in the relay race of the Second Tianjin International Marathon Competition on Saturday refused to accept the prize money when they discovered they were only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s 13th escort fleet returns from Somali waters</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29537</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 06:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13th naval escort squad sent by the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy to Somali waters has returned home after successfully completing its mission. The fleet, including the frigates Huangshan and Hengyang as well as the supply ship Qinghaihu, arrived at a port in Zhanjiang, a city in south China&#8217;s Guangdong Province, on Thursday morning. During the 196-day mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, the flotilla escorted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s 13th escort fleet returns from Somali waters</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29439</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13th naval escort squad sent by the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy to Somali waters has returned home after successfully completing its mission. The fleet, including the frigates Huangshan and Hengyang as well as the supply ship Qinghaihu, arrived at a port in Zhanjiang, a city in south China&#8217;s Guangdong Province, on Thursday morning. During the 196-day mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, the flotilla escorted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Enterprises Struggle Overseas</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29397</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese enterprises are expanding overseas rapidly and on a large scale, but many of these projects are seeing poor returns. China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), for example has invested in six major overseas projects since 2005. But according to data from the National Audit Office, among these projects three have suffered losses altogether totaling nearly 3.2 billion yuan. Why do so many of these projects fail to take off? How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind eye to poaching endangers Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29349</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi hosted two celebrities from China recently, about a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Africa. Chinese actress Li Bingbing and former NBA star Yao Ming were on a trip to Kenya that sought to raise awareness about the illicit wildlife trade. Li linked the vice to global criminal rings. The UN says the number of elephants killed in Africa has doubled in a decade. Rhino poaching rates have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts slam wildlife allegations</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29338</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s top wildlife preservation authority on Tuesday slammed accusations that China&#8217;s ivory business has facilitated elephant poaching on a global scale and called for international collaboration to curb ivory smuggling. Yan Xun, chief engineer of the wildlife preservation department in the State Forestry Administration (SFA), said in Beijing that China&#8217;s legal ivory industry and elephant poaching are not necessarily connected. &#8220;There are complicated reasons behind elephant poaching, for example, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa in Unison</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29417</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China will join African countries in late May in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union. In collaboration with China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry, the African Group of Ambassadors in Beijing will hold commemorative events featuring high-level representation of Chinese leaders. An academic seminar on pan-Africanism and the African renaissance—themes that feature prominently in Golden Jubilee celebrations in Africa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Africa Forward</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29415</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As African countries gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU), Beijing Review spoke with several African ambassadors to China to solicit their opinions on the AU&#8217;s role and future development. Excerpts follow: Beijing Review: In your view, what role has the AU played in strengthening African unity over the past half century? South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sino-Egyptian economic zone attracts more investment</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29274</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To boost investment in a Sino-Egyptian joint industrial zone, three large Chinese companies will start production there this year. The three firms, Jushi Egypt Fiberglass Industry, XD High Voltage Equipment Company and Muyang Egypt Industry, will bring a total investment of more than 400 million US dollars this year, said Liu Aimin, general manager of China-Africa TEDA Investment Co, Ltd. The China-Egypt Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, located near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: China&#8217;s aid beneficial to Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29150</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, wrote in her book Dead Aid that traditional aid from Western donors had largely failed African countries, fostering dependency, encouraging corruption and perpetuating poor governance and poverty, she said China provided another approach and gave Africans the ability to choose their own way to develop. But how large and how effective is Chinese aid to Africa? AidData, a partnership of the College of William [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stronger environmental regulations can help China’s future in Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29170</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has received a bad rap recently for its environmental exploitation in developing countries. The media asserts that three decades after the intensification of its international forays, China is still struggling to strike a balance between the protection of the environment and its rapid investments, particularly in Africa. The continent&#8217;s resource affluence has attracted global economic powerhouses such as the fast-industrializing China, the US, Brazil, India and Europe. China&#8217;s increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China urges efforts for Africa&#8217;s capacity-building in fight against terrorism</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29138</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China said on Monday that efforts should be made to help African countries build their capacity in the fight against terrorism, calling for support and assistance to Africa &#8220;without any attached political conditions.&#8221; Li Baodong, China&#8217;s permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks at an open debate of the UN Security Council on peace and security in Africa, which is themed on the challenges of the fight against terrorism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa needs help in fight against terrorism</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29130</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China said on Monday that efforts should be made to help African countries build their capacity in the fight against terrorism, calling for support and assistance to Africa &#8220;without any attached political conditions.&#8221; Li Baodong, China&#8217;s permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks at an open debate of the UN Security Council on peace and security in Africa, which is themed on the challenges of the fight against terrorism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodian court charges woman from China&#8217;s Taiwan with trafficking fishermen</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29109</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cambodia&#8217;s Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday charged a woman from China&#8217;s Taiwan region with trafficking Cambodians to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off the coast of Africa, police said. Instigating Judge Leang Samnak accused Lin Yu Hshin, 53, owner of Giant Ocean International Fishery Co. Ltd., of &#8220;illegally exporting Cambodian people with a purpose&#8221; and ordered the pre- trial detention of the woman, Lt. Gen. Chhiv Phally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China commits US$ 75 bln in aid to Africa over the decade</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29086</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has committed US $75bln on aid and development projects in Africa within the decade from 2000 through to 2010, covering 1,673 projects in 51 African countries. according to AidData, at the U.S. College of William and Mary. The researchers there have reportedly spent 18 months compiling and encoding thousands of media reports to construct the database. China&#8217;s financial commitments are significantly larger than previous estimates of the country&#8217;s development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China reiterates support in health sector in Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28976</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has reiterated its commitment to help Africa improve its health sector amid various challenges faced by the African continent through deepening existing health cooperations. In a letter delivered at the open of the 4th international Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation on Monday, Ma Xiaowei, Vice Minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, said China stands ready to share with Africa its health development experiences, and support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African nations can learn from successes of China&#8217;s State enterprises</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28892</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 08:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, Africa&#8217;s wheels of development have moved leisurely, one reason why, despite all the resources available, it has the highest poverty rate of any continent. The World Economic Forum recently stated that for Africa to come out of poverty, the private sector should be given a hand in the running of state affairs. The Davos-held conference said that the continent&#8217;s economic growth stemmed from the private sector, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Initiative of Huawei connects schools of Ethiopia, China</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28870</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group from Shanghai High School, one of the prestigious high schools in China, on Monday visited Yemane Berhan High School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of education and cultural interactive activity initiated by Huawei, a leading telecom company in China. Huawei&#8217;s basic education and cultural activity initiative under its motto &#8220;The Road to Hope&#8221; has linked schools in Ethiopia and China. The visit of the team from Shanghai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese doctor brings vision to African patients</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28794</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Zhu Siquan developed a whole set of medical techniques for the treatment of late-stage cataract among Chinese patients in the 1990s, he did not expect that his endeavors would one day benefit patients in Africa. As the principal doctor of the China-Africa Brightness Action that has cured about 2,000 cataract patients in Africa, Zhu said China is in an advantageous position to help Africa due to its unique development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese billionaire in Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28781</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite wealth, Han Fang never forgets tough early years in Africa. Watching Han Fang step out of an elevator wearing a warm smile at Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, it&#8217;s hard to imagine this single mother in her early 50s is a billionaire and still setting records among the Chinese community in her adopted country. In 2004, Han opened South Africa&#8217;s largest wholesale market for Chinese products and last November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese NGOs reach out to African countries</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28767</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups give new impetus and direction for people-to-people exchanges in Africa with their community outreach programs, report Meng Jing and Sun Yuanqing. At almost the same time that President Xi Jinping announced during his recent visit to Africa that China will extend a $20 billion credit line to the continent over the next two years, Zhang Ming, a director of the Red Cross Society of China, was busy raising funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEDA inks investment agreement with Egyptian govt</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28799</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian government signed Saturday an investment agreement with Chinese TEDA Corporation to develop part of a joint industrial zone near the Suez Canal. Egypt&#8217;s economic authority and TEDA signed the 45-year contract under which investment projects will be established in an area of six square kilometers in the industrial zone. TEDA Chairman Liu Aimin said his company aims to invest $500 million in the area and bring in $2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia, State Grid Corporation of China, sign agreement for power transmission line project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) on Friday signed an agreement for the construction of power transmission line of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at a ceremony held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mihret Debebe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co, Ltd (CET) of SGCC, signed the deal. The GERD power transmission line Project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who broke the condoms?</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28807</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what was both fodder for online comedy as well as a serious health scare, a batch of faulty condoms that were allegedly made in China and sold to Ghana had invisible holes, were too small and were not adequately lubricated. It was no joke to the Ghanaian authorities however, who issued an alert earlier this month, stating that they had seized a large number of faulty condoms imported from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Africa be able to compete successfully with China?</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=28757</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is indisputable that China is the world&#8217;s most competitive economy. Its industries boast high-level technology, a highly trained workforce, innovation and operational efficiency. The country&#8217;s businesses are known to outcompete their rivals in new regions through low pricing and low production cost. However, China&#8217;s command of the global market came into question recently when Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi called on Africa to see China not [...]]]></description>
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