Coronavirus: Lawmaker flares up over decision to abandon Nigerians in China

Yusuf Zakariya Alkanawi created a new script for the Hausa language after discovering that the original had disappeared following centuries of interaction with Arabic and Latin scripts. The Quranic school student hopes that more Hausa speakers will embrace the new script.

Increasingly businesses are investing in Vietnam and setting up production sites there. While that move may lower their geopolitical risk in the short term, doing business in Vietnam has some drawbacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has wrapped up his two-day visit to China, where he and his counterpart Xi Jinping pledged a "new era of strategic partnership". The two leaders had tea together and celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations at a gala, with the Chinese leader giving his guest a warm hug.