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The president of the World Bank, David Malpass, has expressed concerns about some of the loans China has been making to developing economies in Africa. It comes amid worries that countries including Ghana and Zambia are struggling to…

South Africa's Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will lead a delegation to China next month in a bid to break an impasse over the delivery of locomotives and spare parts by Chinese rail equipment maker CRRC E-Loco, state-owned…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. says it plans to split itself into six independently run companies that could seek separate IPOs. This comes just as co-founder, Jack Ma returned to China after spending some months…

China has reported a human case of  H3N8 Bird Flu virus in Guangdong province.  The case was a 56-year old woman who had been exposed to live poultry before the disease occured. READ ALSO: Argentina Suspends All Poultry Exports After…

Taiwan welcomed a large Czech delegation to the island one day after Honduras switched diplomatic allegiance to China. Taiwan's Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said the island nation is part of a democratic alliance and can work with many…

Honduras has established diplomatic ties with China after ending its decades-long relationship with Taiwan. In a brief statement late on Saturday, the Honduran foreign ministry said it recognised the People's Republic of China as the…

The Philippines and China have pledged to use diplomacy to resolve differences in maritime issues between both nations. "Both our countries' leaders agreed that maritime issues should be addressed through diplomacy and dialogue and never…

Chinese defence officials and their Australian counterparts have held their first formal meeting since 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's defence department confirmed the meeting, adding that dialogue was conducted "in a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says China’s proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine. Putin made the statement in Moscow after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday. "We believe that many of…

China's embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid travelling outside the capital Bangui after nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a gold mine outside the city. The embassy said in a…