17 September 2021
Students of information and communications technology at all universities in Cabo Verde have until October 15 to enter the first national heat of the international ICT contest run by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd of China, the company says. In an article published in a Cabo Verdean newspaper, Expresso das Ilhas, Huawei says it is holding … Continue reading "Cabo Verdean students invited to enter Huawei ICT contest"
17 September 2021
The Catholic University of Portugal has opened a medical school, the first in any private university in the country, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the university received 600 applications for the 50 places available for its first intake of medical students. The school should enrol 100 students in the next academic year, Lusa … Continue reading "Portuguese medical school praised for tie-up with Fosun unit"
17 September 2021
As the pandemic situation remains stable overall in the Mainland and Macao, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of initiatives to promote the destination including a series of “Macao Weeks” mega roadshows and related activities under strict compliance with pandemic prevention measures. As the latest of the series, the “Macao … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Sichuan•Chengdu” will be staged in late September to attract visitors in Mid-Autumn and welcome National Day"
16 September 2021
A Chinese-funded international school in Angola is educating homeless children and orphans free of charge, the Hua Qiao Zai Xian website reports. The Fenda da Tundavala school, in Viana on the outskirts of Luanda, enrolled last week 30 pupils referred by churches and children’s shelters, according to a report posted on the website on Monday. … Continue reading "Chinese-funded school educating orphaned, homeless Angolans"
16 September 2021
Universities in Macao and mainland China have agreed to make arrangements for sharing resources for teaching the Portuguese language, the University of Macau says. Representatives of the universities concerned signed on Monday an agreement to arrange ways to pass borrowed books and other documents from one institution to another, and to catalogue jointly their materials … Continue reading "Universities to share resources for teaching Portuguese"
15 September 2021
Chinese maker of mobile phones Xiaomi Corp. has opened its third shop in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Xinhua Silk Road website reports. The Chinese state-run news website says Xiaomi opened the new shop last week, and means to open its fourth Brazilian outlet, also in Rio de Janeiro, in November. … Continue reading "Xiaomi opens shop in Rio de Janeiro, its third in Brazil"
15 September 2021
The biggest solar farm in Mozambique, in the northern town of Metoro, will begin generating electricity by next January, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency says the solar farm cost 47.3 million euros (about US$55.8 million) to build. The farm will have 125,000 solar panels, made in China, which will give it a generating capacity … Continue reading "Chinese-made solar panels set to produce power in Mozambique"
15 September 2021
The Chinese Ministry of Education has given the University of Saint Joseph in Macao permission to accept students from mainland China, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA says University of Saint Joseph Rector Stephen Morgan announced in writing on Friday that the Catholic university has permission to begin enrolling mainland Chinese postgraduates on a … Continue reading "Mainland Chinese may now study at University of Saint Joseph"
14 September 2021
Angolan President João Lourenço has ordered the purchase of 10 million doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 devised by Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd of China, Novo Jornal reports. Mr Lourenço’s order, given last week, authorises his government to spend US$88 million to cover the cost of the vaccine, shipping it and storing it, the Angolan … Continue reading "Lusophone African countries to get Chinese COVID-19 vaccines"
14 September 2021
Earlier, the University of Macau (UM) initiated the establishment of two academic library alliances, namely the Academic Library Alliance between Macao Special Administrative Region and Portuguese-speaking Countries, and the Academic Library Alliance for Portuguese Language Resources between Macao Special Administrative Region and Mainland China. Today (13 September), UM and other members of the latter alliance … Continue reading "UM establishes library alliances with universities in Portuguese-speaking countries and mainland China"
14 September 2021
Macao businesswoman Melinda Chan Mei Yi has called for multi-currency venture capital funds, private equity investment funds and the like to be set up to attract foreign investment in the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, the Macao Daily News reports. The newspaper quotes Ms Chan, a member of the Chinese … Continue reading "Funds advocated to draw lusophone investors to Hengqin"
13 September 2021
A Brazilian diplomat believes the establishment the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution Innovation Center is a great opportunity for Brazilian and Chinese companies and scientific institutions to pursue joint projects and learn from each other, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the diplomat, José Roberto de Andrade Filho, … Continue reading "BRICS innovation centre opens its doors in Xiamen"
13 September 2021
Construction of a primary school in the central Angolan city of Cuito is 70 per cent complete, and the Chinese contractor is expected to finish the job this year, Angop reports. The Angolan state-run news agency says the classrooms are being plumbed and wired, leaving two boarding houses for pupils and a canteen to be … Continue reading "Chinese builder due to complete Angolan school soon"
10 September 2021
A leading Brazilian businessman, Everton Monezzi, has said his country hopes to learn from the scientific and technological achievements of China to enhance its own competitiveness, the China News Service (CNS) reports. The Chinese state-run news agency quotes Mr Monezzi, who presides over LIDE China, a branch of an association of Brazilian business executives, as … Continue reading "Learn from development of China, Brazilian businesses urged"
10 September 2021
The Portuguese trade and investment promotion agency, AICEP, is holding online today a seminar on opportunities for Portuguese companies in e-commerce in China. AICEP issued a written announcement saying attendance is free of charge. The agency says Laura Velasco of the EU SME Centre in China, Robbert Gorris of The Sovereign Group and Matias Zubimendi … Continue reading "AICEP holding free online seminar on e-commerce in China"
10 September 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today said the opening of the Qingmao Checkpoint would further advance infrastructure connectivity and heighten efficiency regarding movement of people around the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The new checkpoint – the fifth land-based crossing point between Macao and Zhuhai in Guangdong Province – carried great significance for … Continue reading "CE: Macao Qingmao Checkpoint key for promotion of innovation in regional cooperation under “One country, two systems”"
10 September 2021
A prominent Portuguese financial adviser, Jorge Costa Oliveira, believes financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have huge potential as a source of money for projects by companies in the Portuguese-speaking world. Mr Costa Oliveira, a member of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce Strategic Council and a former director of the Macao … Continue reading "Seek funds in South China, lusophone entrepreneurs advised"
9 September 2021
ADM, the operator of Mozambique’s airports, is recruiting staff to run the Chongoene Airport, newly built by China in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, Carta de Moçambique reports, citing ADM President Emanuel Chaves. Mr Chaves told Mozambican state-run television broadcaster TVM on the sidelines of the Maputo International Fair, that ended on Sunday that … Continue reading "Staffing of Chinese-built airport in Mozambique begins"
9 September 2021
A collection of the work of 8th-century Chinese poet Li Bai, in the original Chinese and translated into Portuguese, has been published in Portugal, the Portuguese Consulate-General in Shanghai says. The Chinese version of each of the 100 poems is printed in Chinese characters and in Roman letters, transliterated using the pinyin system, so readers … Continue reading "Dual-language collection of poetry by Li Bai published"
8 September 2021
The master plan for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, has been approved at the highest levels of the ruling party and government of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council gave their approval last Sunday. The … Continue reading "Macao plan envisaging boost for intl trade gets green light"
