30 April 2021
A Portuguese lawyer in Macao, Frederico Rato, has become the first lawyer in the city to sit on the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, which intends to mediate in trade disputes between parties in China and in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, Lusa reports. The commission, over the Macao border in the mainland Chinese city of Guangzhou, … Continue reading "Macao lawyer to help settle international trade disputes"
30 April 2021
The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers, or Abrapa, and the China Cotton Association (CCA) have agreed to cooperate, Abrapa says. They have agreed to spur technical training and exchanges of information for the benefit of the cotton supply chain linking China and Brazil, Abrapa announced in writing on Tuesday, the day after the agreement was … Continue reading "Brazilian, Chinese cotton industry bodies to cooperate"
30 April 2021
The Macao-Timor Friendship Association and the representative of Timor-Leste at Forum Macao, Danilo Henriques, have started a drive to raise funds to help the victims of severe flooding in Timor-Leste, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Henriques as saying the people of Laclubar in central Timor-Leste’s Manatuto municipality need help urgently to buy … Continue reading "Timorese in Macao collecting money for victims of floods"
29 April 2021
China will be among the countries where activities will mark World Portuguese Language Day on May 5, Lusa reports, citing Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva. Over 150 events such as conferences, lectures, concerts, literary contests and academic gatherings will be held in 44 countries, the Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Santos Silva as saying. … Continue reading "World Portuguese Language Day to be observed in China"
29 April 2021
Chinese commodities trader Hunan Gaoqiao Grand Market Co. Ltd has stuck deals to sell 2,000 tonnes of sesame seed to Mozambique, and 500 tonnes of dried ginger to Nigeria, The Paper website reports. The Chinese state-owned website says the deals were signed on Monday during the half-yearly meeting of people concerned with the China (Hunan) … Continue reading "Hunan dealer to sell Mozambique 2,000 tonnes of sesame seed"
28 April 2021
The Portuguese Football Federation, or FPF, and a Chinese social medium, Sina Weibo, have reached agreement on giving the Portuguese national football team greater publicity, the federation says. Sina Weibo will promote exclusive and original content about the Portuguese side among the growing number of Chinese fans of the team, according to a written statement … Continue reading "Sina Weibo to boost following of Portuguese football XI"
28 April 2021
The China-Cabo Verde Exchange Centre in the Cabo Verdean capital, Praia, should open within three months, Inforpress reports, citing José Correia, the president of the Cabo Verde-China Friendship Association, or Amicachi. Work on completing the three-storey building has resumed, after it was suspended for a while and changes were made to the plans, a report … Continue reading "Centre for Sino-Cabo Verdean exchanges nearing completion"
28 April 2021
China will give US$2 million so Guinean school canteens can stock up with food, Lusa reports, citing Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce. The money is a manifestation of Chinese cooperation with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, intended to make the Guinean food supply more secure, the Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Guo as … Continue reading "China to pay to replenish Guinean school canteen larders"
27 April 2021
CATTI tests will be hosted by Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI). The first CATTI Tests in Chinese-Portuguese and Chinese-English are scheduled to take place at MPI on June 19 and 20. To help candidates to prepare for the tests effectively, the School of Languages and Translation of MPI will provide training for all registered candidates on … Continue reading "CATTI Tests are now accepting applications MPI will provide training for all registered candidates"
27 April 2021
China will give Timor-Leste 100,000 doses of a Chinese-made vaccine against COVID-19, the People’s Daily reports, citing Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo. China is trying to make vaccines cheaper and more readily available, and will keep working with Timor-Leste to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party newspaper quotes Mr Xiao as telling … Continue reading "China to give Timor-Leste 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine"
27 April 2021
The governing body of the Confucius Institute has given awards to two lecturers at its branch at the University of Aveiro in central Portugal, the university says. The University of Aveiro announced in writing that each of the lecturers, Chen Xiaoping and Kang Siyu, received the Sino-foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Centre Volunteer Teacher of … Continue reading "University of Aveiro staff win Confucius Institute awards"
26 April 2021
An agreement to cooperate in spurring economic engagement by Portugal and the northern Chinese province of Hebei has been struck by the Portugal-China Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce and the Hebei Provincial Capital Research Association, the People’s Daily reports. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper says the agreement commits the parties to promoting trade … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese chamber, Hebei association to work together"
26 April 2021
The Ant Group payments service arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has agreed to buy 5 per cent of Dotz, the operator of a customer loyalty programme in Brazil, Reuters reports. The news agency quotes Dotz as telling the stock market on Wednesday that it has a deal with Ant Group to … Continue reading "Ant Group to buy 5 pct of Dotz loyalty programme company"
23 April 2021
Would-be contestants in the fifth World Chinese-Portuguese Translation Competition have until May 30 to enter, the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says. The prizes this year will include awards specially for institutions of higher education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and in lusophone countries, the institute announced in writing on Tuesday The MPI says … Continue reading "Chinese-Portuguese translators invited to compete in contest"
23 April 2021
Official figures indicate that China imported crude oil from Brazil at the rate of 948,000 barrels per day last month, 33.7 percent faster than the month before, Argus Media says. Figures given by the Chinese customs service show that only Saudi Arabia and Russia supplied China with more crude than Brazil last month, according to … Continue reading "Flow of Brazilian crude oil to China accelerates in March"
23 April 2021
State-owned China Energy Engineering Group Co. Ltd (Energy China) has turned over to the Angolan authorities the Marçalde water treatment plant in Luanda, the company says. A subsidiary, China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd, built the plant, Energy China announced in writing on Tuesday. Energy China says the Marçalde facility is the biggest automatically controlled water … Continue reading "Angolan waterworks built by Energy China unit turned over"
22 April 2021
The authorities in the southern Chinese province of Hainan look forward to cooperating more closely with their counterparts in Macao to increase mutual engagement by the island province and the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macao SAR Government says, citing Communist Party of China Hainan Provincial Committee Secretary Shen Xiaoming. The government issued a written statement quoting … Continue reading "Hainan set to work with Macao to engage with lusophone world"
22 April 2021
Regular direct flights will start between Luanda and Changsha, capital of the southern Chinese province of Hunan, this year, according to the Hunan Daily, which is run by the Communist Party of China Hunan Provincial Committee. The service will make it easier for Chinese enterprises to do business in Angola, so prompting Sino-Angolan economic engagement, … Continue reading "Direct flights to link Luanda, Changsha"
22 April 2021
The Cabo Verdean authorities mean to use at least two Chinese-developed vaccines against COVID-19 that the World Health Organization has approved, Lusa reports, citing a Cabo Verdean health official, Jorge Barreto. Mr Barreto expects the vaccines to add to the Cabo Verdean stock, and so allow the inoculation of people nearer the back of the … Continue reading "Cabo Verde to use Chinese vaccines against COVID-19"
21 April 2021
Fitch Ratings says it has raised its long-term issuer default rating and senior unsecured rating for West China Cement Ltd (WCC) to BB from BB- with a “positive” outlook. Fitch expects WCC to increase its scale and profits, and reduce its geographical concentration from next year on, in part because of a project in Mozambique … Continue reading "Fitch raises West China Cement credit rating to BB"
