China Focus: From Barefoot to High-Tech: How Chinese Doctors Shaped a Healthier Nation

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Half a century ago, a “barefoot doctor” in rural China might have carried little more than a bag of basic medicines, a few syringes and a dozen or so needles.

Today, those humble practitioners have given way to a vast and diverse healthcare workforce operating within the world’s largest health system that spans village clinics, county hospitals and advanced medical centers equipped with cutting-edge technologies.

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National Coloured Congress leader and suspended MP Fadiel Adams returned to the witness stand at the Madlanga Commission on Thursday, facing sustained questioning over classified documents, missing dockets and information he says was supplied to him by the late police officer Andre Lincoln.

Adams is giving evidence for a second day before the commission, which is investigating allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system.

At the start of proceedings, Advocate LeeREAD MORE

Experts propose ways to increase the investment appeal of projects

The New Development Bank (NDB) is ready to become a reliable partner for countries in sustainable development, clean energy, and smart and sustainable infrastructure. NDB President Dilma Rousseff said this at the seminar “The Role of the New Development Bank in Mobilising Private Capital in Member Countries”, according to the bank’s website.

Together with the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India, the NDB heldREAD MORE

A Limpopo community is living in fear after a criminal gang shot its way into a residential compound for two consecutive nights and robbed foreign nationals operating spaza shops of cash and a luxury car.

According to residents of Ga-Mokgwathi Village outside Tzaneen, a group of around 20 men armed with firearms and hammers broke into the secure compound shortly after 2 am on Wednesday, August 19, and started firing shots.

They forced the gate open, brokeREAD MORE

A 38-year-old Free State man accused of raping a woman in 2009 has been arrested after spending 17 years on the run, with police saying the case demonstrates that suspects wanted for serious crimes can still be brought to justice years after the alleged offences.

Tshediso Emmanuel Makamole was arrested at about 8.30 pm on Tuesday in Phase 10, Mangaung, after members of the Free State Provincial Tracking Team received information about his whereabouts.

His arrest formedREAD MORE

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azín in Beijing on Tuesday.

African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Central Military Commission (CMC) held a grand gathering at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of Aug. 17 to commemorate the birth centenary of Comrade Jiang Zemin, a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat, andREAD MORE

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has called for the immediate suspension of Democratic Alliance (DA) Ekurhuleni proportional representation councillor Kabelo Mahonko following his arrest on allegations of kidnapping and murder.

Mahonko appeared before the Benoni Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 19 August, after being arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping and assault of two men, one of whom later died from his injuries.

The allegations have prompted the EFF to question the DA’s response toREAD MORE

ActionSA has approached the North Gauteng High Court in an attempt to force the South African Police Service to disclose records relating to disciplinary proceedings that cleared two Presidential Protection Service members implicated in the fallout from the Phala Phala farm robbery.

The opposition party says the disciplinary process involving Major General Wally Rhoode and Constable Rekhoto was inadequate and amounted to an attempt to shield officials who allegedly played a role in the handling and investigation ofREAD MORE

South African Police Service (SAPS) detectives are searching for 40-year-old Hlengiwe Goodness Buthelezi, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Johannesburg media personality Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.

Gauteng police said on Wednesday that detectives attached to the Provincial Investigation Unit Serious and Violent Crimes were seeking the public’s assistance in locating Buthelezi, who is wanted for alleged conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

Police said the offences relate to Stock’s killing inREAD MORE