Belt and Road | Greater Bay Area
9 December 2021
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in southern China says it will devote one week next year to activities to improve the understanding of Portuguese language and culture among its teachers and students. Preparations for Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Portuguese Week were discussed when the Portuguese consul-general in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Ana … Continue reading "Portuguese Week at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies"
3 December 2021
Representatives of melon farmers in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte are due to visit China in March with a view to selling their fruit there, the Portal da Tropical website says. The visitors will meet representatives of big buyers of fruit for the mainland Chinese market, according to a report posted … Continue reading "Brazilian melon farmers sending sales delegation to China"
3 December 2021
STCP, the bus operator in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto, says it has taken delivery of five electric buses made by Zhongtong Bus Holding Co. Ltd of China. STCP announced in writing that the vehicles can each carry 90 passengers, including some in wheelchairs, and can go for 250 km before their lithium-ion batteries … Continue reading "Oporto bus operator receives five Zhongtong electric buses"
2 December 2021
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd of China grabbed 3.97 percent of the Brazilian market in October, the most in any month yet, selling 4,526 motor vehicles, or 127 per cent more than a year earlier, the company says, citing data collected by the Brazilian association of automobile dealers, Fenabrave. Chery announced in writing on Monday that … Continue reading "October sales of Cherys in Brazil more than double to 4,526"
2 December 2021
A batch of 3.58 million doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 made by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, and ordered direct from the maker by the Angolan government, has reached Luanda, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes an Angolan official, Leonardo Inocêncio, as saying when the shipment arrived on Monday that the … Continue reading "More doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Angola"
2 December 2021
The government in Mozambique has accepted and opened an airport newly built with Chinese money to serve the southern city of Xai-Xai, CCTV reports. The Chinese state-run television broadcaster says Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi voiced gratitude at the formal opening on Monday for Chinese support for the social and economic development of his country, particularly … Continue reading "Chinese-funded Xai-Xai airport formally opens in Mozambique"
1 December 2021
Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc. of China says it is conducting a second-phase clinical trial in Brazil of its vaccine against COVID-19. Sichuan Clover told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week that it would test the vaccine on 520 healthy adults in various places in Brazil, and that it expected the safety and immunogenicity results … Continue reading "Sichuan Clover begins testing its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil"
1 December 2021
About 250 businesspeople from 25 different parts of the world physically attended an international business fair held in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto by the Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association, Jornal Económico reports. The Portuguese newspaper says the fair, the fifth of its kind, was held last week and lasted two days. The report quotes … Continue reading "Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association holds fair"
30 November 2021
Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltd says it has opened a Tencent Cloud internet data centre in the city of São Paulo, its first in Brazil, to meet growing demand all over Latin America. Tencent announced in writing that the data centre gives companies in various industries access to a set of services adaptable to … Continue reading "Tencent opens data centre in São Paulo, its first in Brazil"
30 November 2021
Chinese-owned Liu Jianguang Comércio e Prestação de Serviços Lda will open soon the first cassava flour mill in the eastern Angolan province of Moxico, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says the mill cost US$100 million to build. The facility can produce 30 tonnes of cassava flour a day, and the second phase will … Continue reading "Liu Jianguang cassava flour mill in Angola ready for action"
30 November 2021
Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Xu Yingzhen has turned over to the São Toméan armed forces a gift of computer and communications equipment, office supplies and two motor vehicles, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Ms Xu as saying at the formal turnover last week that China will help install the equipment, … Continue reading "Chinese envoy donates equipment to São Toméan armed forces"
29 November 2021
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique and President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi have got together in Balaka, in southern Malawi, to ceremonially start construction of a link between the Mozambican and Malawian power grids, Mr Nyusi’s government says. The link will consist of a 400 kW power transmission line 218 km long, costing US$127 million, and … Continue reading "Work on linking Mozambican, Malawian power grids begins"
29 November 2021
The latest Chinese National Seminar on Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Literature drew together online 109 representatives of at least 60 academic institutions, other institutions that do research, publishing houses and other media in Brazil, China, Portugal, Spain and elsewhere, China Today reports. The magazine says translators, researchers and teachers of Iberian and Latin American … Continue reading "China holds seminar on literature in Portuguese, Spanish"
26 November 2021
The University of Cabo Verde has accepted 15 of the 20 applicants so far for places in its programme leading to a bachelor’s degree in Chinese language, literature and culture, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the university began offering last month the five-year degree programme in Chinese studies, the first in Cabo Verde. … Continue reading "Degree programme in Chinese studies attracts Cabo Verdeans"
26 November 2021
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China has given about 150 civil servants in Mozambique a course of training in information and communication technology, the Chinese Foreign Ministry says. The trainees were presented on Monday with certificates and prizes they earned, according to a written statement posted on Weibo by the section of the ministry that … Continue reading "Mozambican civil servants complete Huawei course on ICT"
25 November 2021
The first solo exhibition in China by Brazilian photographer Araquém Alcântara, is open in Beijing until Sunday, the People’s Daily reports. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper says the exhibition, at the Beijing World Art Museum, consists of 20 of the many pictures of Brazilians taken by Alcântara during his half-century as a photographer. The exhibition … Continue reading "Brazilian photographer’s work on show at Beijing exhibition"
25 November 2021
China and Guinea-Bissau have struck agreement on pursuing the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, CCTV reports. Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce and Guinean Foreign Minister Suzi Carla Barbosa signed the agreement on Monday, the Chinese state-run television broadcaster says. Separately, Mr Guo’s embassy issued a written statement quoting Ms Barbosa as saying at the … Continue reading "Guinea-Bissau, China in accord on Belt and Road initiative"
25 November 2021
The Portuguese trade and investment promotion agency, AICEP, has started a campaign which employs influencers in Chinese social media to advertise Portuguese food and drink, Lusa reports. AICEP announced in writing that 29 influencers using the Weibo, Wechat, Yizhibo and RED (小红书) social media are taking part in its Tales from Portugal campaign, according to … Continue reading "Chinese online influencers to plug Portuguese food, drink"
24 November 2021
South China Normal University (SCNU), in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, has established the first research centre in mainland China for the study of Timor-Leste, the university says. The establishment of the SCNU Timor-Leste Research Centre is important for Sino-Timorese cooperation and exchanges, according to a written statement issued by the university. The statement … Continue reading "Chinese university sets up centre for study of Timor-Leste"
23 November 2021
Chinese-owned Tiger Group has opened a highway services area under its Tian Hai sign in Katembe, on the outskirts of Maputo, the Carta de Moçambique website says. The complex has a filling station, a big convenience store, a fast-food restaurant, oil change and car wash services, an automotive parts shop and a motor vehicle dealer, … Continue reading "Tiger Group opens fifth highway services area in Mozambique"
