Scenes from China

The three -week seminar which ended last week was organised by the China International  Publishing  Group.

It provided the platform for 33 participants from Ghana, Uganda, Liberia, South Sudan , the Gambia and Ethiopia to share ideas and promote friendship between China and Africa.

We bring readers some pictures from her files from Beijing and Guizhou provinces.

Chinese architecture often enhances the old to create wonderful structures

This 83 -year- old woman in Ancient Town,Guizhou province, has been weaving woollen shoes to make money since she was young. She couldn’t communicate in  English but her smiles instantly started a friendship often starts with a smile

A traditional dance in the Guizhou province similar to the masquerades in Ghana’s Central Region

Relocation sites  constructed by the Government  with support from Evergrande group where free accommodation is   provided for the poor who are also trained in a vocation or helped to set up small businesses in order to make a living

A cattle supermarket in the Dafang county in Guizhou province where needy farmers could pick cows  to rear for free in order to generate some income for their upkeep. It is part of the poverty alleviation strategy made possible by a group of wealthy people (Evergrande group) who import the cattle from Australia

Part of the process of manually making paper in the Shiqiao Village of the  Guizhou province. The paper so made can last  1,500 years

A pot of dog soup on fire. A delicacy in Shiqiao village in Guizhou province

In the Qianxi County Secondary vocational school, Kunfu is one of the sports the children can choose to learn