A South African truck assembler backed by Chinese parts suppliers is committed to building vehicles ideal for use on Africa's toughest terrain. It is also looking to reinforce its brand image in the continent with new products.
Chinese enterprises have a big role to play in Ghana's economic development, says Johnson Asiedu Nketia, general secretary of the National Democratic Congress, the ruling party in Ghana.
The foreign trade climate index of small and medium-sized exporters in the Pearl River Delta surpassed the satisfaction threshold for the first time this year in April, indicating a recovery in trade, an industrial report says.
China will allow 10 provinces and cities to make direct bond issues starting this year, a move that financial experts said might signal full rights for all local governments to issue debt to support the urbanization drive.
If you were to stand on the Kenyan national road linking the city of Mombasa with Uganda, about 900 kilometers to the northwest, you would probably be struck by at least two things: the headlights on full beam and the endless lines of traffic moving along at a snail's pace.
The just-finished trip of Premier Li Keqiang to Africa once again threw up the perennial debate about whether China's involvement in Africa is anything more than neocolonialism. On his trip, Li visited Ethiopia, Nigera, Angola and Kenya, during which he signed numerous deals in areas such as agriculture, communications, railways, roads, solar power and utilities.
Several Chinese media outlets have erroneously reported that Preimier Li Keqiang had talked about building high-speed railways in Africa. The fact is that, in none of the speeches the premier delivered in the four African countries did he say anything about building high-speed railways. He only said that China's railways and airliners are of high quality, a research and development center for high-speed railway could be set up in Africa, and China had just started work on an electrified (not high-speed) railway connecting Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Soft strains of music wafting up from the various shops and factories in Wuqiang hardly give an inkling that the county is one of the leading manufacturers of wind musical instruments in the world. The relatively unknown county in Hebei province is also a major exporter of musical instruments such as flutes and clarinets.
A small town in Hebei province has grand cultural plans. Zhouwo wants to turn itself into China's Vienna, the Austrian city that has been at the heart of Western classical music for 400 years.
"The real cost of building warehouses is going to be staggering."
Technology
Manufacturing and trading companies have always been in the limelight when it comes to China's economic strides in Africa. Though there have been instances of little-known Chinese companies making a mark, it is rather rare for a Chinese real estate developer to be talked about in an overseas market for innovation and direction.
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