By Chukwuemeka Uwanaka
A major socio-economic milestone was achieved recently by China in November 2020, when the countryâs South West province of Guizhou announced that its last nine impoverished counties have been lifted out of absolute poverty.
What this means is that all the areas and counties of China are officially out of poverty. This achievement fits into the national aspirations of Nigeria, which is currently the country with some of the highest numbers of poor people in the world.
Similar aspirations in Nigeria and other African countries have been given fillip by official platforms such as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which takes place every three years, and provides a periodic opportunity for high level interaction between all African Union countries (except Eswatini) and China.
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BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The export of farm, fishery and livestock products to 18 countries that Thailand has free-trade agreement (FTA)s with inched up 1 per cent year on year in the first 11 months of 2020 to US$13.52 billion, Department of Trade Negotiations director-general Auramon Supthaweethum said.
In November alone, the export of farm goods to these countries grew 12 per cent month on month to $1.23 billion.
Though exports to all countries increased, shipments to China surged 18 per cent, Japan 9 per cent, Asean region 11 per cent, South Korea 5 per cent, India 16 per cent, Peru 223 per cent and Chile 344 per cent.
Auramon said the export of Thai farm, fishery and livestock products has grown continuously this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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