Day: August 21, 2022

Fresh Kenyan avocados on Chinese shelves mark new era in Africa-China food trade

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A worker at Sunripe factory in Limuru Town, Kiambu County, Kenya, arranges avocados on August 2, 2022. The first batch of fresh avocados grown in Kenya and destined for the Chinese market was sent off this month at a ceremony attended by senior government officials, diplomats, and industry executives. Kenya became the first African country to export fresh avocados to China. Photo: Xinhua South China Morning Post

The Face of China: A Globetrotting Diplomat Armed With U.S. Admonitions

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China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, a dapper man in well-pressed suits, keeps up a relentless travel schedule, more than 30 countries so far this year, to places big and small: island nations in the Pacific, Central Asia on China’s western periphery and, often, Africa. He is the campaigner for the global ambitions of his boss, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, carrying the message that Beijing will not be pushed around, least of all by the United States. During a meeting last month with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Indonesia,…