Chinese President Xi Jinping will follow-up his talks with Donald Trump by visiting this weekend another country that has had to face the US leader’s ire over trade: Mexico. Xi will travel to Mexico City to attend the inauguration of…
Xi arrives in Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC summit (Guardian)
President Xi Jinping arrived in Papua New Guinea on Thursday for a much-vaunted state visit ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit he is expected to dominate. Xi touched down in Port Moresby, where he was greeted on the tarmac by tribesmen…
China says nobody can stand in its way in Pacific Island cooperation (Vanguard)
No country can block China’s cooperation with island nations in the Pacific and the area is no country’s sphere of influence, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday. The diplomat said this ahead of a summit between President Xi Jinping and…
President Buhari’s takeaways from FOCAC Beijing summit -Garba Shehu
Heads of State, Governments and delegations from 52 African countries, which includes Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China met in Beijing, under the auspices of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The tri-annual summit was held with…
In Senegal, China’s President Xi pledges stronger Africa ties (Reuters)
China’s President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects. Xi arrived in Senegal on Saturday for…
Dangote ranked 66th world’s most powerful person
Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has been ranked among 75 most powerful persons on the planet, ahead of the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence. According to the Forbes’ latest 2018 ranking of the World Powerful…