China, Africa team up for a greener future

Kenya’s cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory

NAIROBI, Kenya — Many African cities are now characterized by deafening traffic noises and suffocating gas emissions, and are becoming limitless concrete jungles as urbanization takes hold and human settlements squeeze out natural forests. But, in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, a unique restoration technique known as the Miyawaki method is restoring local ecosystems, which have been lost due to urban sprawl and competing needs, by creating for…

China, Africa team up for a greener future

The Chongqing Luhai International Communication Foundation hosted the China-Africa Ecological Civilization Exchange Forum on Wednesday at the Confucius Institute of the University of Nairobi, Kenya's oldest university.The forum gathered senior officials,

Cooperative ties: Increased bilateral trade with Africa aims to offset decline in state-backed investment from China

Despite global supply chain challenges, the value of trade between China and Africa rose to record levels in 2021. The increase partially reflected a shift in China’s policy away from government-backed investment towards enhanced trade and cooperation. According to the Chinese Customs Agency, the value of the country’s trade with Africa rose by 35% to $254bn that year, driven by an increase in exports to the continent. Looking to the future, tra…

What we can learn from China to develop sports in The Bahamas

I RECENTLY returned from the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, where I had the privilege of serving as team physician for our national track and field team.

This review was published in the spring issue of 2025 of Foreign Policy (No. 1/2025). Jean-Pierre Cabestan offers an analysis of the book by David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman, China的s Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement (Columbia University Press, 2023, 504 pages). If you want to know everything about political and security relations between China and Africa (including North Africa), this is the book you need to read.

China-Africa Ecological Civilization Exchange Held in Kenya for Sustainable Development

Guests pose for a group photo at the "Land-Sea Promise: China-Africa Ecological Civilization Exchange." Chongqing - On the afternoon of March 26 local time, the "Land-Sea Promise: China-Africa Ecological Civilization Exchange" was grandly held at the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.  The event aimed to deepen China-Africa cooperation in ecological and environmental protection, strengthen youth exchanges, jointly advance t…