My Ghana Electronic Desk

By Edmund Smith-Asante, TEMA Workers packaging the finished Yum-mie Instant Noodles into cartons. A Ghanaian manufacturing company, Blow Chem Industries Limited, has established Ghana’s first ever instant noodles factory and Ghana’s first indigenous noodles brand, Yum-mie Instant Noodles.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Mr Akanbong - acting Head of Mission and the Head of Chancery at Ghana’s Embassy in Beijing, China The acting Head of Mission and the Head of Chancery at Ghana’s Embassy in Beijing, China, Mr McArios A. Akanbong, has stated that there has been an increase in claims by Ghanaians in China that they are political refugees when they are arrested by Chinese authorities.

Smart grab: Two class five pupils who aspire to be journalists took the shine at a press conference in Beijing on “Benefitting society and people”, when they also covered the conference for their news agency, the NiuTong Press of Youth Times . By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Yang Kerui listening attentively to proceedings. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Two school children - Yang Kerui, a girl and Yu Haotian, a boy, both 11, momentarily shifted the attention of journalists covering a press conference held at the sidelines of the Fifth Session of the 12 th CPPCC National Committee meeting in Beijing last Thursday, from the main business of the day.

Smart grab China’s political advisors have recommended an increase in medical assistance to Africa, more cooperation for a “Belt and Road Initiative” to connect major trading countries of the world and an improvement in diplomatic relations at the Fifth Session of the 12 th National committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held last Friday. By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Mr. Yu Zhengsheng addressing the  CPPCC. Among the key decisions China intends to take from this year are an improvement and strengthening of its medical assistance efforts in Africa.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Mr. Wang Yi, China's Foreign Affairs Minister speaking at the press conference. There will be no weakening in the relationship that exists between China and Africa, the Foreign Minister of China, Mr. Wang Yi has assured.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Students were taken through phoenetics in the first class. Journalists participating in a 10-month media exchange and training programme in China have begun a course in the Mandarine language to enable them to adapt to their new environment.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Mr. H. E. M. LI Zhaoxing, President    of the China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA) interacting China has extolled its cordial relationship with Africa and the rest of the world and singled out Ghana as one of the first African countries to establish diplomatic relations with it.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING Ms. Gao Yuan, Headteacher of African journalists teaching her students. Forty-eight journalists from 41countries in Africa, South Asia and South East Asia on Monday began a 10-month media exchange and China development studies programme in Beijing, the Chinese capital.