A Chinese firm, Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd., has finalised the repossession of a luxury jet owned by Nigeria in Canada. Peoples Gazette reports that Zhongshang recently received a change of custodian paperwork for the Bombardier 6000 type BD-700-1A10 aircraft from Canadian authorities in Montreal after a Canadian court issued a judgement that empowered the […]
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China has condemned the United States’ ban on Russian oil, gas and coal imports in response to the Ukraine war. It could be recalled that Joe Biden, United States President, on Tuesday imposed an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. Reacting, China Foreign Office spokesperson Zhao Lijian […]
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At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 24 injured as an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday. The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store […]
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The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported officially in […]
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Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, has announced that it would temporarily shut public transport as it struggles to halt the outbreak of a new virus. Bus, subway, ferry, and long-distance transport networks will shut down from 10:00 local time on 23 January, while the city’s airport and train stations will be […]
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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The shallow quake struck at 9:27 pm (1327 GMT) around 100 kilometers (60 miles) east-northeast of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. In its initial assessment, the USGS said there was a low likelihood of […]
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To support growing energy cooperation and investment between China and Africa, the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/) is organizing a working visit to Beijing next week. Led by Executive Chairman Nj Ayuk, the delegation from the Chamber will be meeting with CEOs and Chairmen from China’s state-owned energy companies and the private sector, along with key […]
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The death toll in a landslide that buried a village in southwest China rose to 26 on Friday following the discovery of two more bodies, state media said. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said 25 people were still missing three days after the disaster which struck in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province. Two children and a mother […]
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The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a fresh $1 billion Chinese loan for a power project. The approval was given at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Confirming the loan approval, Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, said it will be obtained from the China-Exim Bank […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has inspected 64 coaches under construction in China for the various rail projects in Nigeria with 10 coaches to be delivered in June for Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, led a delegation to China to inspect the level of work at the Chinese Railway Rolling-stock Corporation […]
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