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25 January 2021
China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG) and Energias de Portugal SA (EDP) have put in place the first turbine of a wind farm they are building at sea off northeastern Scotland, which is the first big Chinese wind power project in Europe, CTG says. CTG announced in writing on Thursday that a cooperative effort succeeded in … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese wind farm springing up off Scotland"
25 January 2021
Brazilian meat processors JBS SA and Cooperativa Central Aurora Alimentos say the Chinese authorities have given three of their slaughterhouses permission to begin exporting to China again, Reuters reports. The news agency quotes JBS as saying on Wednesday that permission to resume exports was given to one of its facilities that produces pork and one … Continue reading "China lets three Brazilian slaughterhouses resume exports"
25 January 2021
Two officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education have urged the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) to play its part in bringing together China and the Portuguese-speaking world, MPI said on Thursday. The institute issued a written statement quoting Ministry of Education Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office Executive Deputy Director Xu Yongji as calling … Continue reading "Macao poly prompted to help link China, lusophone countries"
22 January 2021
Portuguese Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition João Pedro Matos Fernandes and Chinese Minister of Water Resources E Jingping will jointly preside over the 8th High-Level Dialogue Conference of the China-Europe Water Platform (CEWP), which opens today, the CEWP says. The CEWP announced in writing that a seminar on cooperation in science and technology … Continue reading "Portugal, China co-chair Sino-European water conference"
22 January 2021
Chinese state-owned automaker JAC Motors has made its first delivery of N55 EV electric light trucks to the Brazilian subsidiary of US maker of soft drinks PepsiCo Inc., the MyCar58 website reports. The Chinese website says the subsidiary, PepsiCo Brasil, tested the trucks for a month before taking delivery. The report quotes PepsiCo Brasil Operations … Continue reading "First electric trucks JAC Motors has exported sold in Brazil"
22 January 2021
The heavy sands processing facility in the northern Mozambican district of Chibuto will begin this week exporting titanium, Rádio Moçambique reports, citing Secretary of State in the province of Gaza, Amosse Macamo. The state-owned radio station quotes Mr Macamo as saying he expects the facility to export about 2 tonnes of titanium to Asia this … Continue reading "Chinese-backed Mozambican facility starts exporting titanium"
22 January 2021
On January 21, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, met with a delegation led by Mr Liu Jianjun, Member of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal Communist Party of China Committee and Director of the management committee of … Continue reading "Management committee of the demonstration zone for local economic and trade cooperation for China-Shanghai Cooperation Organisation visited Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
21 January 2021
Health workers engaged in the programme of vaccination against Covid-19 in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo will be given 60,000 free trips by the app 99 transport service, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency said on Tuesday the app 99 service, owned by Didi Chuxing Technology Co. of China, will also help … Continue reading "Didi Chuxing to aid Covid-19 vaccination programme in Brazil"
21 January 2021
Guangxi Luobawang Food Co. Ltd of China aims to start soon exports to Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands of packaged snail rice noodles, a speciality of the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou, the Liuzhou Daily reports, quoting the manager in charge of sales abroad, Chen Zihao. The newspaper quotes Mr Chen as saying his company … Continue reading "Southern Chinese speciality to be exported to Portugal"
21 January 2021
A collection of short stories by Portuguese author António Correia, “Contos de Ou-Mun”, has been published in Macao in a single volume containing the original text in Portuguese and a translation into Chinese, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper says the author lived in Macao for about 20 years. The report says the translator is … Continue reading "Dual-language edition of ’Contos de Ou-Mun’ on sale in Macao"
21 January 2021
On January 20, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Paulo Jorge Rodrigues do Espírito Santo, met with the President of the Council of the Portuguese Communities (CCP) for Asia-Pacific, Ms Rita Botelho dos Santos, and Counsellor of the CCP, Mr … Continue reading "Representatives of the Council of the Portuguese Communities visited Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao"
20 January 2021
The first person in Brazil to be given a vaccine against Covid-19 was a 54-year-old nurse in the city of São Paulo, Mônica Calazans, who was injected with CoronaVac, which was developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China, Reuters reports. The news agency says Ms Calazans was injected with the first of the two doses … Continue reading "CoronaVac is first Covid-19 vaccine to be given in Brazil"
20 January 2021
The Angolan government aims to complete this year negotiations on an agreement by Angola and China on protection of investments in one country by the other, the Plataforma website reports, citing Angolan Secretary of State for Planning, Milton Reis. The Macao website quotes Mr Reis as saying at a news briefing given by the Angolan … Continue reading "Sino-Angolan investment protection accord on agenda for 2021"
20 January 2021
The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) is planning to publish online a handbook on investment, Xinhua reports, citing IPIM Executive Director Lei Chou Sam. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Mr Lei as saying on Sunday the handbook will help enterprises penetrate markets in the Portuguese-speaking world, and will promote economic engagement. The … Continue reading "Online handbook to help businesses probe lusophone markets"
20 January 2021
19 January 2021
China Central Television (CCTV) will air on February 3 the first episode of a new season of the Sino-Portuguese cartoon series, “Panda and Rooster”, The Paper website reported on Friday. The Chinese state-owned website says the government-run broadcaster announced in writing that the 52 episodes of the new season will be shown on its CCTV … Continue reading "New season of Sino-Portuguese cartoon series to air in China"
19 January 2021
The value of Sino-African trade was US$167.8 billion in the first 11 months of last year, and Angola was the third-biggest trading partner of China in Africa, Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng has said. Mr Gao told a news conference on Thursday that Sino-African trade was steady, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Gao … Continue reading "Angola among three main African trading partners of China"
19 January 2021
The Mozambican subsidiary of China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp. (CR20) has planted rice on 40,000 hectares of its Xai-Xai farm in southern Mozambique this season, 3,000 hectares more than last season, the Economic Daily reported on Friday. The Chinese state-run newspaper says the subsidiary, CR20 Moçambique Lda, began last June clearing abandoned farmland for … Continue reading "Chinese farm in Mozambique increases area planted with rice"
18 January 2021
The national drive to inoculate Brazilians against Covid-19 will begin with the administration of vaccines made in China and India, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing Brazilian Deputy Health Minister Elcio Franco. The news agency says the first inoculations will be done as soon as the Brazilian health industry regulator, Anvisa, gives permission for emergency use … Continue reading "Chinese, Indian vaccines will be the first used in Brazil"
18 January 2021
Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean Technology Co. Ltd of China announced on Wednesday a subsidiary that obtains raw materials for lithium batteries has agreed to buy at least 200,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from Brazil over five years. Suzhou TA&A told the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in writing that its subsidiary, Yibin Tianyi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd, … Continue reading "Suzhou TA&A unit strikes Brazilian lithium concentrate deal"
