Tag: China
China celebrates first commercial flight of Chinese-designed airliner
Successful maiden flight for the first Made in China airliner. 15 years after the official launch of the C919 program, the Comac aircraft – competitor of the A320neo and the…
Kenya makes slow progress in repaying Chinese debt
In its latest report, the Kenyan Treasury notably takes stock of its external debt and its repayment. Unsurprisingly, the tables reveal that China remains Kenya’s largest bilateral creditor. A debt…
Sex toys: in China, a booming market
The largest “sex shop” on the planet is in China. Every year, Shanghai “adult sex fair” opens in May with a relaxed atmosphere. All kinds of “toys” are exhibited there:…
Mexico announces agreement with China and South Korea against fentanyl trafficking
Mexico announced this Friday, May 26, an agreement with China and South Korea to fight against the importation of fentanyl, a synthetic drug which causes tens of thousands of overdoses…
China: the “frogmen”, as popular as they are undesirable
It is a phenomenon that appeared in 2022: “frogmen”, that is to say men disguised as frogs, burst into the commercial areas of major cities in China. Sale of balloons,…
Watch of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, sold for $ 6.2 million!
The Patek Philippe watch, which belongs to the last Emperor of China, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, whose life is the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Last Emperor”, has been auctioned by…
Criticized by the G7, China denounces a “media hype”
With the G7, Japan reaffirms its desire to become a key international player and wants to bridge the gap between developed countries and countries of the South The G7 summit…
a meeting of “anti-Russian and anti-Chinese hysteria” in the eyes of Moscow
For Moscow, the outcome of the G7 summit held this weekend of May 20-21 in Hiroshima, Japan, was nothing but a set of odious statements of a “ anti-russian ”…
China: the game of chess, an instrument of “soft power” in Beijing
It’s barely 10 a.m. on the campus of the prestigious Beida University in Beijing, and the gaming tables are already packed with student chess fans. Among them, several young women,…
At the G7, the great powers warn China
The leaders of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, on Saturday May 20 called on China to “put pressure on Russia to end its aggression” against Ukraine, while claiming to…