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China aims to improve family doctors’ services

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

China will increase services provided by contracted family doctors to issue long-term prescriptions to the elderly and people with disabilities, the National Health Commission (NHC) said. The NHC said that the primary-level medical organizations and family doctors should play their roles in

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China outlaws new corporal punishment, verbal abuse in schools

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2021 0

China’s new rules governing school disciplinary methods came into force on Monday, banning physical punishment and verbal abuse in primary and secondary schools. Educators are prohibited from carrying out disciplinary procedures that would inflict direct physical pain on students, according to the trialed regulations released by the Ministry of Education last December.

Business

China’s top diplomat calls on the U.S. to lift tariffs, sanctions

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2021 0

China’s foreign minister has called on U.S President Joe Biden to drop the tariffs and sanctions imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. Beijing hopes the U.S. will change tack as soon as possible and abandon unreasonable tariffs on Chinese goods, Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said on Monday at a policy forum in China’s capital. “We […]

Business

Nigeria, China in CNY1.75bn bilateral currency swap

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2021 0

After the Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China in April 2018, a total of CNY1.75bn has been auctioned on the market since the end of June 2020. The CBN announced this in its ‘Financial Markets Department 2020 Half Year Operation Report’ that was published on Wednesday. Some […]

Business

US over taken by China as EU’s biggest trading partner

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2021 0

China is now the largest trading partner of the EU, overtaking the United States in 2020. As trade with most of Europe’s major partners dipped due to the Covid-19 pandemic, China bucked a wider trend. Last year, trade between China and the EU was worth $709 billion (€586 billion, £511 billion), compared to $671 billion […]

News

EDITORIAL: China, India, and fake drugs in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2021 0

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused China and India of being responsible for the fake drugs in Nigeria. The DirectorGeneral of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this recently and announced the agency’s readiness to eliminate substandard and falsified medicines through partnerships with pre-shipment agents in China

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China donates 6 billion Naira to Nigeria as both countries sign new agreement

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2021 0

By Nneka Nwogwugwu, Abuja The People’s Republic of China has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria for the purpose of setting up an inter-governmental committee charged to coordinate cooperation between the two countries. The Chinese government also donated 6 billion naira to Nigeria on Tuesday, January 5, during a meeting with Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs

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China denies allegation coronavirus slipped out of Wuhan lab

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2021 0

The United States Deputy National Security Advisor, Matthew Pottinger’s allegation that the coronavirus had slipped out of a laboratory in China’s eastern Wuhan city is false, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hua Chunying said on Monday. On Sunday, UK media quoted Pottinger as saying during a virtual conference with foreign politicians last week that the most […]

Opinion

Opinion: Africa-China relations: A journey of a score years

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2020 0

By Owei Lakemfa China and all but two of the 55 African countries were enslaved by European colonialists, who looted them and carried out unspeakable atrocities, including the massacre of millions. Even after independence, they were subjected to control by their former slave masters who taught them that they could develop only on the basis […]

Editorial

Editorial: China, India, and fake drugs in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused China and India of being responsible for the fake drugs in Nigeria. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this recently and announced the agency’s readiness to eliminate substandard and falsified medicines through partnerships with pre-shipment agents in China and

News

US election: Why China has refused to congratulate Biden

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2020 0

China declined Monday to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome of the vote was still to be determined. While incumbent Donald Trump has yet to concede and has launched several legal challenges, many world leaders congratulated Biden and running mate Kamala Harris after the Democrats were declared […]

Business News

Nigeria’s importation from China hits N1.26trn in Q2 – NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2020 0

By Temitope Adebayo The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that a total of 31.41 percent or N1.26 trillion of goods imported into Nigeria in the second quarter of 2020 are from China, Daily Times gathered. The NBS in its latest report on ‘Foreign trade in goods statistics’ for the second quarter of 2020, […]

Foreign

China, US clash at UN General Assembly over Coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2020 0

The United States and China, on Tuesday, engaged in war of words over the COVID-19 pandemic at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Donald Trump, in his pre-recorded video message, referred to coronavirus as “China virus” Trump maintained that China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) deliberately lied to the rest of the world […]

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Donald Trump revokes 1,000 visas of Chinese students

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2020 0

Over 1,000 Chinese nationals have had their visas revoked by the United States since June, under a program aimed at graduate students and researchers believed to have ties to the Chinese military. The US State Department said in a statement Wednesday, September 9, said that “high-risk graduate students and research scholars” had been expelled. Daily […]

News

China’s ‘sweet’ loans stoke debt trap warnings

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2020 0

Experts list funding options for Nigeria’s infrastructure devt Financial experts have identified other finance options Nigeria could utilise to develop critical infrastructure across the country without resorting to borrowing. The experts said the dwindling revenue orchestrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, falling crude oil prices and reduced Diaspora remittances had made it

Technology World

India bans more than 100 apps linked to China

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

A further 118 Chinese mobile apps have been banned by India, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. Those on the list include several of Tencent’s products including the hit video game PUBG Mobile and WeChat Work. Previously the government had banned 59 of the most popular apps including TikTok over national security […]

News

China will build $50m Daura Transport University for free — Amaechi

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2020 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that Chinese government will build the US$50million University of Transportation, Daura, free. READ ALSO: Breaking: Min. Rotimi Ameachi Kicks off duty with inspection The Minister who stated this at the weekend in Daura, Katsina State, during his maiden inspection tour of the ongoing project, also informed that

World

‘China would own America under Biden’ – Trump

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night drew the curtains on the Republican National Convention with blistering attacks on his Democratic challenger in the Nov. 3 presidential election, Mr. Joe Biden. In a speech that lasted a little over an hour, Trump dismissed Biden as a puppet of China, repeating his claim that China would own […]

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FG evacuates 241 stranded Nigerians from China

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2020 0

The President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (east China), Elijah Odji on Monday revealed that FG has begun evacuation of Nigerians trapped in China. READ ALSO: Evacuation: 317 stranded Nigerians depart London Daily Times understands that Mr Elijah Odji who sent a statement from the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing, China entitled, ‘Evacuation of Nigerians from […]

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China close to producing COVID 19 vaccine as first patent gets approved

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2020 0

China’s first patent for a COVID-19 vaccine has been granted by the country’s National Intellectual Property Administration. READ ALSO: WHO, China begin plans to trace coronavirus origin The Daily Times Nigeria learnt that the patent was jointly applied for by a research team with the Academy of Military Sciences and CanSino Biologics Inc., a Chinese […]