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With more than 10 million doses of vaccines delivered to date, Zimbabwe is now the largest recipient of Chinese-made vaccines in Sub-Saharan Africa and second only to Morocco (22.5 million) on the continent as a whole. Aside from the vaccine delivery ...
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Mnangagwa: “We Are Not Worried About Those Who Get Angry Because China Has Helped Us.”
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa toured the construction site of the new Robert Mugabe International Airport expansion in Harare on Wednesday. The expansion is being financed and built by China. After the tour, President Mnangagwa took aim at critics, presumably in the U.S. and UK, of ...
Fake… Pathetic… Losers… Liars… All in a Single Raging Chinese Diplomatic Tweet
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Translation: Wu Jiangtao’s Lesson For Other Chinese Entrepreneurs in Africa
Editor's Note: the following is a summary translation of an article posted on the African Research Group's (微信公众号 非洲研究小组) WeChat channel. Minor edits and slight adjustments to the translation have been done to enhance clarity. Please click here to view the original version of the article ...
Chinese Vaccine Deliveries to Africa Slow to a Trickle
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China’s 500 Borehole Project Tapped Its Final Well in Zimbabwe
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