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9 September 2020
Chinese workers flown into Timor-Leste last month have all tested negative for the Covid-19 virus and are ready to get down to work on various big projects, the Chinese Embassy in Dili says. The embassy issued a written announcement saying the Timorese Health Ministry gave a Chinese diplomat health certificates allowing the workers out of … Continue reading "Embassy says Chinese in Timor-Leste ready to start work"
8 September 2020
Brazilian miner Vale SA says it has made its first sale of iron ore using blockchain technology, selling 176,000 tonnes to a company in China. Vale announced in writing that the ore was shipped from the Teluk Rubiah Maritime Terminal in Malaysia to Nanjing Iron & Steel Group International Trade Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of … Continue reading "First Vale iron ore sold using blockchain is bound for China"
8 September 2020
Hebei Foreign Studies University in northern China says it has begun teaching online an introductory course on Chinese culture meant for students in Brazil. The university announced on WeChat that 155 people applied for places on the course, and that 50 students specialising in various subjects at 48 universities in Brazil were accepted. The announcement … Continue reading "Chinese university begins teaching Brazilians online"
8 September 2020
Eight Cabo Verdean students stuck in Macao after earning bachelor’s degrees there have now left for home, TDM-Macao reports. The public television broadcaster says three of the students have degrees in translating and interpreting between Chinese and Portuguese, and five have degrees in business administration in the field of gaming and recreation management. One student, … Continue reading "Repatriation of Cabo Verdean students in Macao begins"
7 September 2020
The Universidade Católica Portuguesa says it will begin teaching the first programme of medical training offered by a private university in Portugal. The university announced in writing that the programme will be taught in English and open to students from all over the world. The announcement says the university will offer the programme in partnership … Continue reading "Fosun subsidiary to play part in Portuguese medical training"
7 September 2020
A laboratory for testing for the Covid-19 virus, fitted out by Chinese biotechnology company BGI Group, will open in Luanda next week, Jornal de Angola reports, citing an Angolan public health official, Franco Mufinda. The newspaper says the lab will have the capacity to test 6,000 samples a day. The report quotes Mr Mufinda as … Continue reading "Chinese-equipped lab for Covid-19 testing to open in Luanda"
7 September 2020
Brazilian grain merchant Agribrasil means to raise up to 200 million reals (about US$37.4 million) for a port terminal in southern or northeastern Brazil, Reuters reports, citing Agribrasil Chief Executive Frederico Humberg. The news agency quotes Mr Humberg as saying Agribrasil intends to raise the money by going public next year at the B3 stock … Continue reading "Agribrasil wants a terminal as Chinese demand lifts revenue"
4 September 2020
The financial regulators in Brazil and China are studying the possibility of setting up a mechanism for direct currency clearing, Xinhua reports, citing Brazilian Vice-president Hamilton Mourão. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Mr Mourão as saying in an interview that the mechanism would reduce the cost of investment by one country in the other, … Continue reading "Sino-Brazilian currency clearing mechanism being considered"
4 September 2020
The Chinese customs service says it will begin next Thursday issuing online certificates of origin for goods imported by China from five least-developed countries, among them Mozambique and Timor-Leste. The Chinese General Administration of Customs announced in writing that this pilot scheme will make it easier for goods exported by the five countries to clear … Continue reading "Path for Timorese, Mozambican exports to China smoothed"
4 September 2020
São Toméan Health Minister Edgar Neves has commended the members of a Chinese medical mission, who have been working in his country for over 18 months, STP-Press reports. The São Toméan state-run news agency quotes Mr Neves as saying that the five physicians and one nurse have treated needy patients and trained São Toméan doctors. … Continue reading "Chinese medical mission to São Tomé e Príncipe wins plaudit"
3 September 2020
Chinese maker of electric vehicles BYD Co. Ltd says it has begun making lithium iron phosphate batteries at its first battery factory in Brazil, in the northeastern city of Manaus. BYD announced in writing that it had invested 15 million reals (US$2.7 million) in the factory. The announcement says the factory has 5,000 square metres … Continue reading "New BYD battery factory in Brazil gets down to work"
3 September 2020
The first big vessel to call at the fishing port in the eastern Mozambican city of Beira since the port was rebuilt with Chinese money was carrying a catch of 500 tonnes of horse mackerel, Jornal Notícias reports. The Mozambican newspaper quotes the port director, António Remédio, as saying the vessel came and went without … Continue reading "Rebuilt Mozambican fishing port handles first big vessel"
3 September 2020
Among the exhibitors that the 2020 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair is meant to attract are Macao distributors of branded goods made in lusophone countries, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. IPIM issued a written announcement saying the institute will be taking applications by Macao enterprises wishing to exhibit until … Continue reading "Macao exhibitors wanted for branded products trade fair"
3 September 2020
A factory will be built this year in the Brazilian state of São Paulo to produce a Chinese vaccine against the Covid-19 virus, Xinhua reports, citing São Paulo Governor João Doria. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes Mr Doria as saying the factory may double the capacity of Brazil to produce the vaccine, CoronaVac, which … Continue reading "Factory in Brazil to make Chinese vaccine against Covid-19"
3 September 2020
Official data indicate that the value of goods Macao exported to Portuguese-speaking parts of the world grew to 9 million patacas (US$1.1 million) in the first nine months of this year, nine times more than in the equivalent period last year. Figures given by the Macao Statistics and Census Service show 8.2 million patacas worth … Continue reading "Value of Macao exports to lusophone world balloons"
3 September 2020
The Macau Delegation of the Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry will devote more resources to developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, Ponto Final reports, citing the head of the delegation, Bernie Leong. The newspaper says a written statement issued by the delegation quotes Mr Leong as telling Portuguese Consul-General in Macao Paulo Cunha … Continue reading "Business group in Macao keen to develop surrounding area"
3 September 2020
Monetary Authority of Macau President Benjamin Chan Sau San has said the authority will arrange programmes of training, workshops and internships for Macao people to enable them to work in financial services to support economic engagement by China and the Portuguese-speaking world. In answer to a formal question asked by a member of the Macao … Continue reading "Macao people to be trained to work in financial services"
28 August 2020
Vale SA says it has opened a facility for grinding and processing iron ore in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, its first in China. The Brazilian miner says in a written announcement that the facility is the outcome of an agreement with Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co. Ltd which was signed last December. Vale says … Continue reading "Vale opens iron ore grinding facility at Chinese port"
28 August 2020
Chinese state-owned companies Sinohydro Corp. and China Road and Bridge Corp. have won two of the five contracts to rehabilitate National Road 230 in eastern Angola, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says Angolan Minister of Public Works and Land Planning Manuel Tavares de Almeida awarded the contracts for the US$630 million rehabilitation project, … Continue reading "Chinese contractors to help fix main road in eastern Angola"
28 August 2020
The Cabo Verdean government will begin next month bringing home 30 Cabo Verdean students that have completed programmes of tertiary education in mainland China or Macao, but are stuck there, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Cabo Verdean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities Luís Filipe Tavares as telling a press conference that 22 … Continue reading "Repatriation of Cabo Verdean students in China to begin soon"
