Paulo Coelho is one of the best-known names in the literary world and among Brazilian personalities whose achievements have gone across national borders. Now, the Brazilian celebrates the launch of a manga version of “The Alchemist” in China. “It’s a magnificent piece,” the writer praised the manga to Xinhua news agency.

Recently, the central banks of China and Brazil has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil, the People’s Bank of China said on the 7th of February. The establishment of these arrangements will be beneficial for transactions between the two countries and will promote bilateral trade and investment facilitation, the Chinese central bank said.

In a meeting with the delegation from the People’s Republic of China in Brazil on the afternoon of the 3rd of February, the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, stressed the country’s interest in strengthening trade of various products with China.

Born in 1984, Portuguese David Patrício was appointed coach of the main team of Nantong, a club from eastern China, He had previously held the positions of assistant coach, reserve coach, and technical director when he arrived in 2019.

Last year, the value exported by the Portuguese-speaking countries to the Chinese semi-autonomous region was 1.06 billion patacas, a rise of 46.9 percent compared to 2021, according to the latest data of the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) of Macao. The amount of goods imported from Macao by the Portuguese-speaking bloc fell 73.4% year-on-year to 1.7 million patacas.

Honor of Kings, one of China’s most popular games, will soon be launched in Brazil. The game is already available for pre-registration on the Google Play Store, App Store and Samsung Galaxy Store, with a range of rewards for users who register in advance.

The International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), in partnership with the Confucius Institute of the Fluminense Federal University and the Normal University of Hebei, China, offers virtual courses for teaching Chinese language and culture to beginners.

Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operator in the Brazilian market, carried out the agency service for the Chinese vessel Affinity Diva. According to the company, the Affinity Diva broke the record for being the largest fertilizer vessel in the history of Brazil to operate in the Port of Santos, the main complex port in Latin America.

China will send 1,000 tons of food aid to Guinea-Bissau, which is due to arrive at the port of the Guinean capital in the next ten days, the Chinese ambassador to the African country, Guo Che, announced on the 3rd of February.

On the afternoon of the 1st of February, the governor of the State of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, met with China’s Consul General in São Paulo, Chen Peijie, to discuss future cooperation actions between the country and the state. In 2022, the trade flow between the two parties reached US$29.1 billion, with the state leading the Brazilian ranking of imports from China.

The Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr. Abdú Jaquité, said that the photovoltaic plant that Chinese company Hunan Construction Investment Group plan to install in the country will fill the existing gap that will exist, even with the start of operations of the power provided by the OMVG dam.

The government of the state of Nuevo León stated in a Twitter post on the 1st of February that the works on the Monterrey metro would begin in 10 days.