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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2017-04-14 07:58

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A student from Russia learns Chinese-style landscaping at Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture in Jiangsu province on April 10. More than 20 foreign students from Suzhou University attended a horticulture training session at the institute and gained a better understanding of Chinese culture. Hang Xingwei / For China Daily

Myanmar oil pipeline deal reached in Beijing

China and Myanmar on April 10 signed an agreement on a crude oil pipeline to send oil from Myanmar's Kyaukpyu Port to Yunnan. The agreement and eight other cooperation documents were signed after talks between President Xi Jinping and Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw, who is on a state visit to China from April 13 to April 18. Details of the agreements were not released. In the talks, Xi said China is willing to "push forward China-Myanmar cooperation to focus more on Myanmar's livelihood, such as education and rural area development". Xi said China expects to work with Myanmar to firmly adhere to the right direction for bilateral ties and support for each other on key issues related to core interests.

Chinese top Go player to face AI nemesis

Ke Jie, 19, the world's No 1 Go player, will challenge artificial intelligence program AlphaGo, developed by Google DeepMind, in a best-of-three contest as part of the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, from May 23 to 27, the Chinese Go Association said on April 10. The showdown will be the latest between elite human players of the ancient Chinese game and AlphaGo, which defeated South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol 4-1 in a match in March 2016 before racking up 60 straight wins against human players from China, South Korea and Japan - including Ke - in fast-paced online matches as of January.

Tunnel is final link in bridge project

Construction of the 2.74 kilometer Gongbei tunnel was completed on April 10 in the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, the final link that should enable the 50 km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge project to open before year's end. Construction of the six-lane tunnel started about four years ago. The speed limit through it will be 80 kilometers per hour. The Gongbei tunnel is a major component of the gigantic bridge, linking the three regions, located at the mouth of the Pearl River, according to Zhi Yufeng, chairman of Guangdong Nanyue Transportation Investment and Construction Co.

Air quality issues found in Shaanxi

Poor efforts to cut coal use and upgrade the industrial structure in Shaanxi province contributed to a worsening of air quality last year in Xi'an and other cities, environmental inspectors from the central government said on April 11. During a monthlong inspection that started on Nov 28, officials identified 1,309 pollution problems in the province, according to Li Jiaxiang, who headed the team of inspectors. As of the end of February, 222 polluting companies had been shut down and 26 people found responsible for pollution were detained, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement.

Li urges Japanese to help improve ties

Premier Li Keqiang met with a Japanese economic delegation headed by Yohei Kono, president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 10. Li urged Japan to view China's development as an opportunity and pursue positive policies toward China to improve bilateral relations. History and reality show that relations between the two countries can maintain healthy and stable development only if both sides adhere to principles set out in documents signed by them between 1972 and 2008 and stick to the direction of peace, friendship and cooperation, said Li.

Cambodian version of Xi's book lauded

The Cambodian edition of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China made its debut in Phnom Penh on April 11 as Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen called on the country's young people to read the book to learn about governing a country. The book in Khmer, the Cambodian language, joins editions published in 16 other languages, with 6.2 million copies distributed worldwide.

Construction plans set for Antarctic airfield

Progress continues on China's first airfield in Antarctica, with site selection and a survey completed and plans set for construction to begin as early as year's end, according to a senior scientist. The airfield, near China's Zhongshan Station, will be able to handle fixed-wing aircraft. Specialists from the nation's 33rd Antarctic expedition recently surveyed a 3-square-kilometer area selected for the airfield, said Sun Bo, deputy director of the Polar Research Institute of China under the State Oceanic Administration. Sun said the construction of the planned airfield will be carried out by the 34th Antarctic expedition, which is set to arrive in Antarctica around the end of this year, adding that the project will undergo an international environmental protection review.

Latest technique to restore woman's face

A 27-year-old woman is expected to have a nose and a mouth again after a series of surgical procedures in Shanghai. Experts said they have used an innovative method to rebuild the woman's face, cultivating nose and upper lip tissues on her chest area for later transplant. Such technology, which uses the patient's own tissue rather than a donor's, is a major breakthrough in the field, according to Shanghai No 9 People's Hospital affiliated with the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Fund set up to treat rare diseases

A fund to assist in the medical treatment of patients with rare diseases was launched in Shanghai on April 9, with an initial balance of 3 million yuan. The money was raised by institutions in Shanghai that treat rare diseases, and by drug companies. Globally, there are some 6,000 to 7,000 recognized rare diseases. Only a few have established treatments, such as Gaucher disease and Pompe disease.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/14/2017 page2)

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