By Moshi Israel The international system, best represented by the body of the United Nations and enforced by its Charter is testament to how unity builds strong relationships. The international community runs on relationships among states and a relationship is by default based on mutual respect and cooperation. Therefore, any overtly individualistic and unilateral decisions […]
Explaining that “Security is a major issue bearing on the world’s future and survival of humanity,” China’s foreign minister H.E. Qin Gang told global leaders during the Opening Ceremony of the Lanting Forum on the Global Security Initiative that; “the world today is not a tranquil place: changes unseen in a century are fast evolving, […]
Since the days of past, there has been shifts in the wheels of world influence. Political history has a great deal of documentation on that subject, on the people that dominated the lands from the far East where the sun rises, to the furthest points where it sets. To-date, the concept is still a complicated […]
For decades, the U.S has on numerous occasions unilaterally announced sanctions targeting foreign companies involved in trade Washington deem against their interests through the so-called long-arm jurisdiction. Long-arm jurisdiction refers to jurisdiction over persons or entities domiciled or resident outside the territory of the sanctioning state. It was unilaterally established after a case of International […]
Last week, China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang started his new term as China’s Foreign Minister with a weeklong trip to Africa visiting 5 African nations. The five countries are; Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, and Egypt. Also, on list of his first foreign visit since his appointment as China’s foreign minister, Qin visited African Union […]
For close to four months in 2020, several islands in the Kalangala archipelago were virtually cut off from the rest of the country after weeks of unprecedented rising water levels on Uganda’s largest water body, Lake Victoria to record breaking levels last seen in the 1960’s. For a region that thrives on fishing and tourism, […]
Talking of China-Uganda diplomatic relations which were established way back in 1962, and now almost 63 years, you can practically realise that they have been strongly operating on a Michael Jordan principle. The ranked “greatest basketball player of all time” who played for fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships […]
By Allawi Ssemanda. Dear Editor, during a symposium on the implication of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) under the theme, “Forge Ahead on the New Journey and Work Together for A New Era,” Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong introduced Chinese path to development to Ugandan think tanks and […]
By Moshi Israel In a 2021 speech marking the CPCs centenary, President Xi Jinping declared; “Through the continued efforts of the whole Party and the entire nation, we have realised the First Centenary Goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This means that we have brought about a historic resolution to the […]
By Alan Collins Mpewo. Jointly hosted by China’s ministry of Commerce, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) is held every year in Shanghai. The expo is a trade fair and attracts numerous commercial actors (individual and otherwise) from all corners of the world. There are exhibitions of all majorly known legal commercial aspects. It has […]