8 October 2020
The Chinese government given 14 São Toméans scholarships to pursue first degrees or postgraduate degrees in China, STP-Press reports, quoting a Chinese diplomat in São Tomé e Príncipe, Fu Changhua. The São Toméan state-run news agency quotes Mr Fu as saying in a published article that since the branch of the Confucius Institute at the … Continue reading "São Toméan students awarded scholarships to study in China"
7 October 2020
Representatives of businesses in Macao and the northern Chinese province of Shanxi have signed a preliminary agreement to cooperate in healthcare projects that link lusophone countries and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the Macao Daily News reports. The newspaper says the agreement was a result of a meeting held during the 2020 China Shanxi … Continue reading "Enterprises agree on projects involving lusophone world"
7 October 2020
Foreign reporters have paid a visit to Macau-Hengqin Youth Entrepreneurship Valley on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, at the invitation of the Chinese central government, the Chinese State Council Information Office says. The office issued a written statement saying the journalists interviewed personnel of Macao Bringbuys Web Technology, which runs a website for economic engagement … Continue reading "Reporters see Macau-Hengqin Youth Entrepreneurship Valley"
6 October 2020
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has taken delivery of a Chinese-built power generation module for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the government of the eastern Chinese city of Ma’anshan says. The city government announced in writing that Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd contributed the steel main frame, weighing 500 tonnes. Shipbuilder … Continue reading "Petrobras accepts Chinese-built power module for FPSO vessel"
6 October 2020
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says an agreement on relieving the pressure on Angola of its debt to China should be ready to sign soon. A spokesman for the ministry, Wang Wenbin, told a press conference that representatives of Chinese financial institutions and the Angolan authorities had reached basic accord on a debt restructuring plan. The … Continue reading "Agreement on Chinese debt relief for Angola in prospect"
30 September 2020
The Timorese Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry has held a celebration of the start a pilot scheme to make it easier for Timorese exports to China to clear customs there, the Chinese Embassy in Díli says. The embassy issued a written statement quoting Timorese Tourism, Trade and Industry Minister José Lucas da Silva as … Continue reading "Smoothing of path for Timorese exports to China celebrated"
30 September 2020
Pak Lek Group Co. Ltd of Macao is paying for Portuguese wines it sells to be used as props in a Chinese television drama series, “Chasing Time”, the Sohu website reports. The Chinese news website says Pak Lek Group struck a product placement deal with the broadcaster of the series, Chinese state-owned Guangdong Radio and … Continue reading "Portuguese wines to play bit-parts in Chinese TV drama"
30 September 2020
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says one of the highlights of Beijing Macao Week, which ends in the Chinese capital today, is an exhibition of products of the Portuguese-speaking world. The MGTO issued a written statement saying the Portuguese-speaking Countries Products Exhibition Zone is among the manifestations of Beijing Macao Week to be found … Continue reading "Macao exhibits products from lusophone world in Beijing"
29 September 2020
Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China hopes to work with a Brazilian biomedical research centre to supply CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus, to other South American countries apart from Brazil, Reuters reports, citing Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong. The news agency quotes Mr Yin as saying Sinovac will give some of the CoronaVac production … Continue reading "Sinovac aims to supply CoronaVac beyond Brazilian borders"
29 September 2020
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Timorese Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno have agreed to increase Sino-Timorese cooperation under the auspices of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, Xinhua reports. The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Ms Magno as telling Mr Wang over the telephone that Timor-Leste is willing to speed up the process of bringing … Continue reading "Foreign ministers agree on greater Sino-Timorese cooperation"
29 September 2020
São Toméan President Evaristo Carvalho has voiced hope that the incoming Chinese envoy to São Tomé e Príncipe will spur on work on Sino-São Toméan cooperative projects that is already in progress, STP-Press reports. The São-Toméan state-run news agency says Mr Carvalho, speaking at a gathering to mark the departure of outgoing Chinese Ambassador to … Continue reading "Call for China, São Tomé e Príncipe to keep working together"
29 September 2020
The 25th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (25th MIF), the Macao Franchise Expo 2020 (2020MFE) and the 2020 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2020PLPEX) will be concurrently held at The Venetian Macao from 22 to 24 October, with a view to maximising the effectiveness of the exhibitions and creating business opportunities through the … Continue reading "Exhibitors recognise MIF platform’s effectiveness and hope to seize business opportunities through three concurrent exhibitions this year"
28 September 2020
Official figures show that the average price per transaction of high-end real estate bought by Chinese in Portugal last year was over 373,000 euros (about US$437,000), over twice the average price that buyers abroad in general paid for such property. The Portuguese National Statistics Institute published data indicating that Chinese spent 165.3 million euros on … Continue reading "Chinese splash out on high-end property in Portugal in 2019"
28 September 2020
China-Brazil Innovation Week has begun in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says that during the week the spotlight will be shone on the digital economy, green technology, biomedical and smart city development industries in Brazil. The report quotes a Ningbo official, Zhang Minghua, … Continue reading "China-Brazil Innovation Week focuses on the unconventional"
28 September 2020
Timor-Leste has opened in Shanghai a centre intended to spur sales of Timorese organically grown coffee in the mainland Chinese market, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says visitors to the centre can see how advanced technology for roasting the beans is used to produce top-notch coffee. The report says … Continue reading "Centre for promoting Timorese coffee opens in Shanghai"
28 September 2020
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, is setting up in Beijing an area where products of the Portuguese-speaking world will be exhibited during Beijing-Macao Week from 26 to 29 September. IPIM announced in writing that 11 Macao companies will occupy space in its Portuguese-speaking Countries Products Exhibition Zone. The institute says they … Continue reading "Macao to exhibit products from lusophone world in Beijing"
28 September 2020
The fourth World Chinese-Portuguese Translation Competition, put on by the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Macao Higher Education Bureau, drew 211 competing teams representing 55 institutions of higher education around the globe, the institute says. The Macao Polytechnic Institute announced in writing that Renata André Véran de Azevedo de Moura and Cheng Xiaoyu of the … Continue reading "Chinese-Portuguese translation contest draws 211 entries"
24 September 2020
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has opened an online shop that sells Portuguese products, Lusa reports, citing Portuguese Trade and Investment Agency President Luís Castro Henriques. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Castro Henriques as saying the online shop began by offering Portuguese wine made by Quinta do Portal, Symington, Bacalhoa, Porto Réccua and Real Companhia … Continue reading "JD.com opens online shop selling Portuguese products"
24 September 2020
Chinese maker of solar panels Risen Energy Co. Ltd has received orders from Brazil for monocrystalline modules with a combined capacity of 54 megawatts, the SolarBe website reports. The Chinese website quotes a written statement issued by Shenzhen-listed Risen Energy as saying the company is among the three biggest suppliers of solar panels in Brazil, … Continue reading "Risen Energy share of Brazilian solar panel market swells"
24 September 2020
The Chinese contractor building Chongoene Airport in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza will soon restart construction work, Jornal Notícias reports. Work will resume now that the contractor and the provincial authorities have agreed on precautions to protect the workers against the Covid-19 virus, the Mozambican newspaper says. Last month Rádio Moçambique reported that the … Continue reading "Chinese contractor to re-start work on Mozambican airport"
