This week, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, arrived in Taiwan with congressional delegates on a visit that angered China which claims that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. China had warned of “serious consequences” if Pelosi went ahead with the visit. Consequently, Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned U.S […]
“Right now, COVID-19 is still raging in the world, and profound changes are taking place in human society. The world has entered a period of new turbulence and transformation. It falls on each and every responsible statesman to answer the questions of our times and make a historical choice with confidence, courage and a sense […]
In April, 2020, President Museveni was heading to Kampala after inspecting some works along Owen falls Dam. Accidentally his convoy knocked a wandering goat. Within the same week, he announced how he had mistakenly knocked a goat and instructed that the owners be compensated with haste. Such is the hazard of roads in developing countries […]
Most countries on the African continent are in a permanent crisis of under development, slow development, and absolute poverty. But these problems are not unique to the African continent, other countries like China, south Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and many in South America have had similar problems but they managed to turn that train […]
It is every country’s aspiration to secure a stable, developmental, and sustainable spot on the international political and socio-economic equilibrium. Often times, the pursuit of these aspirations are hindered by usually foreseeable circumstances most of which have an imperialistic identity. In the same pursuit, a few countries manage to evade the swarm of conflict, not […]
To understand Sino-Uganda relations and Sino-Africa relations in general, the role of China to the economic development of Uganda can be best understood by evoking liberalism as a profound theory in understanding mainstream international relations. Today, mutual benefit philosophy and common prosperity are central in when describing the relations between Kampala and Beijing and broadly, […]
By Allawi Ssemanda Last month, the government of Uganda signed the Agreement of Economic and Technical Cooperation on Grant Aid (AETCGA) with the government of Popole’s Republic of China. The signed agreement is part of the two countries’ efforts in implementing development projects in Uganda under Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 8th ministerial conference that […]
By Allawi Ssemanda Noting that while the world is “yet to walk from the shadow of a once-in-a-century pandemic,” Chinese President Xi Jinping in his key note address at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference noted that “new traditional security risks are already emerging. The weak and faltering global economic […]
China’s relations with the African continent date back to the 15th century. In the Ming Imperial Tomb in Beijing is a wall painting of a giraffe – it was the famous Chinese admiral and seafarer Zheng. He who brought it to the court in Nanjing during one of several expeditions to the Arab world and […]
By Allawi Ssemanda The last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have taught us that no man can stand on his own and, that as a global community, weak or strong, the world is safe if we work together for the common good and prosperity for mankind. From this experience, it is clear that the […]