Tag: China
Macedonia 06.08.20 | 16:45

Spasovski meets Chinese Ambassador Zuo to discuss the epidemic and future cooperation

Chinese Ambassador to Macedonia Zhang Zuo met with the interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski to discuss the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese Ambassador commended Macedonia for the way it is dealing with the crisis in both the medical and the economic field. Spasovski expressed gratitude...
World 13.04.20 | 09:54

China’s new coronavirus cases climb to six-week high

China reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Monday, as the country tries to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 infections. Authorities counted 108 new coronavirus infections over the past day, including 98 cases among travellers returning from abroad, according to...
Macedonia 11.04.20 | 14:19

Chinese city of Nanchang donates 50.000 masks to its sister city Skopje

Former Skopje Mayor Koce Trajanovski said that Skopje’s sister city Nanchang in China has approved a donation of 50.000 masks. In these difficult times we know our friends. I hope that the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in the People’s Republic of China will do its utmost to have the...
World 07.04.20 | 10:32

China reports zero coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours

China has reported no coronavirus deaths over the past day, in a sign the worst of the outbreak is over for the country. There were also no new locally transmitted infections in the original epicenter of the disease, in Hubei province, and across mainland China, the National Health Commission said. Authorities...
Macedonia 31.03.20 | 13:23

China donates medical equipment to the Macedonian police

China donated a package of medican and hygiene products that will be used by the Macedonian Interior Ministry. “A friend in trouble is closer than brother”, the inscription on the package said. The delivery was welcomed by Macedonian Interior Minister Nake Culev who accepted the donation. This...
World 26.03.20 | 20:15

China bans entry of foreigners in move to curb the spread of virus

China said it will suspend the entry of foreign nationals holding valid visas and resident permits in a move to curb the number of imported cases of the coronavirus. The ban becomes effective on Saturday, according to a statement posted late Thursday on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s website. The ministry...
Macedonia 17.03.20 | 11:28

Donation from China: 4 million euros for 104 ambulances, minibuses and medical equipment

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani in the role of National Coordinator for Foreign Aid had a meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Zuo. Letters of cooperation between the governments were exchanged at the meeting, and two grants...
World 12.03.20 | 11:28

China says coronavirus peak has passed

China’s coronavirus epidemic has passed its peak, its top health commission said on Thursday, as it logged just eight new infections in Hubei province, the first time the epicenter of the outbreak recorded a daily tally of less than 10, Reuters reported. With the marked slowdown of the spread of the...
Macedonia 02.02.20 | 18:54

Macedonian citizen evacuated from Wuhan, shows no signs of the coronavirus

A female Macedonian citizen was evacuated from Wuhan, the Foreign Ministry informed. She requested the assistance and was transported as part of the broader evacuation of French citizens. She has shown no signs of the coronavirus, the Ministry added, but will remain in quarantine for 14 days, just in...
World 29.01.20 | 09:49

Deaths rise to 132 in China outbreak as foreigners leave

Countries began evacuating their citizens Wednesday from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus that has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000 on the mainland and abroad, ABC News reported. A Japanese flight carrying evacuees home included four people with coughs and fevers....
World 21.01.20 | 14:38

Deadly new virus spreads across China as international concern rises

A new strain of coronavirus is spreading across China, where medical authorities said on Tuesday that at least 291 people had been infected and six had died. Seventy-seven new cases were identified on Monday alone, according to the National Health Commission. Another 54 patients were suspected of carrying...
Economy 21.11.19 | 16:02

Parliament approves request for a new Chinese loan worth 179 million EUR

The Macedonian Parliament today approved taking on a new loan of 179 million EUR from the Chinese Export Import bank in order to complete the Kicevo – Ohrid highway. Zaev’s Government renegotiated the original contract worth 420 million EUR sharply upwards, after earlier using the project...
Macedonia 12.11.19 | 18:43

Mickoski discussed the lack of reforms and the high levels of crime and corruption during meetings with the ambassadors of China and Greece

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the Ambassadors from China and Greece today. The opposition party issued a joint press release following the meetings Mickoski had with Greek ambassador Dimitris Yannakakis and Chinese ambassador Zhang Zuo. I underlined that for the Republic of Macedonia,...
World 22.03.19 | 14:15

Russia completes construction of first-ever rail bridge to China

Russia has wrapped up construction of its first rail bridge to China, connecting the two countries across the Amur River, Russian media reported on Thursday. Construction of the 2,200-meter bridge between Nizhneleninskoye in Russia and Tongjiang city in China began in 2014, underscoring Russia’s Eastern...
Balkans 19.03.19 | 14:44

China denies Greek company request over use of ‘Macedonian’

China denied on February 23 a request by a Greek company over the use of term ‘Macedonian’, elaborating that this requires an approval from the neighboring country, Maria Spyraki, spokesperson of Greek opposition party New Democracy, said at the briefing of political commentators on Monday. Without...
Life 04.02.19 | 23:25

‘Peppa Pig’ goes viral ahead of China’s Year of the Pig

The popular British children’s character has become the unofficial mascot of the Year of the Pig, cementing her global popularity and sealing her return to favour in China. A Chinese-language version of the cartoon first aired on state broadcaster CCTV in 2015 and became an overnight sensation among...
World 22.01.19 | 12:35

Viral video shows employees who missed targets forced to crawl along road as punishment

Footage filmed in China of workers forced to crawl in the road has gone viral online with social media users blaming both the company and the workers for the display. The video, filmed in Zaozhuang City in eastern Shandong Province, shows the female workers crawling on all fours down a road, busy with...
World 04.01.19 | 11:10

China’s population shrinks despite two-child policy: experts

China’s population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a “demographic crisis” that puts pressure on the country’s slowing economy. The world’s most populous nation of about 1.4 billion for decades limited most families to one child in an attempt to keep...
Life 03.01.19 | 14:32

China lands spacecraft on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first

China’s burgeoning space program achieved a first on Thursday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon. Three nations — the United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China — have sent spacecraft to the near side of the moon, which faces Earth, but this landing is the first-ever...
World 25.12.18 | 14:17

5 killed in China as hijacked bus crashes into pedestrians

Five people were killed and more than 20 injured on Tuesday when a man with a knife hijacked a bus and drove it into traffic in a southeastern Chinese city, according to state media reports. The attack happened around 3 p.m. in the city of Longyan in Fujian Province. The Beijing News, a government-run...
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