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Xi demonstrated unique charm of Chinese leader: Mexican China expert
By XieJianing, People’s Daily
At the gate of LiljanaArsovska’s yard, there hang a pair of red Chinese couplets.
“Every year my Chinese friends send me couplets, which is a bond between me and China,” said the renowned China expert from Mexico, who has served for times as the chief Chinese-Mexican interpreter for Mexican Presidents.
Arsovska was a simultaneous interpreter for the Mexican side when then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Mexico in February 2009.
“It was my first time doing simultaneous interpretation for such high-level officials. I was nervous but proud,”Arsovska said in a recent interview with People’s Daily.
“The confidence and humility of the Chinese leader have left a deep impression on the Mexicans,” she said.
Four years later, Xi, as the President of China, paid a state visit to Mexico, and Arsovska once again served as an interpreter.
She told People’s Daily that in a speech President Xi delivered to the Senate of Mexico, the Chinese President said he was a soccer fan and it brought himself much closer to the Mexican people.
She said she was sitting in an interpretation booth less than 50 meters away from Xi, and her excitement made her subconsciously raise the pitch of her speech. The loud voice of her coming out of the speakers even startled herself, she recalled.
Later, Arsovska went for accompanying interpretation for then Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Xi asked her with a smile whether it was her speaking in the interpretation booth, and praised her Chinese after learning that both Spanish and Chinese were not the mother tongue of the woman who was born in former Yugoslavia.
Arsovska never thought that a state leader would have a direct conversation with her to learn her stories. “I was too nervous to answer him. It was after President Nieto reminded me that I told President Xi that I had studied in China,” she said.
She noted that President Xi was very amiable and always kept a smile when listening to her. “He respected my job, which touched meso much. What he said and did demonstrated to me the unique charm of a Chinese leader,”Arsovska said.
During the Eighth G20 Leaders’ Summit held in Sept. 2013 and Nieto’s visit to China in 2014, Arsovska met Xi again as an simultaneous interpreter.
It was out of her expectation that Xi recognized her and warmly greeted her. “My palms were sweating and my heart was warmed,” she recalled.
“This was an acknowledgement from President Xi, and it encouraged me so much,”Arsovska said.
Arsovska has been paying close attention to China’s development over the years, and witnessed the constantly improving livelihood of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
“China is expanding opening up and pursuing common progress, and has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, which benefited the Chinese people,”Arsovska told People’s Daily.
She said China’s development has set an example for Mexico, such as the construction of rural public infrastructure and integrating rural population into economic and social development.
Today, Arsovska’s youngest son Ivan has finished his study in China and settled in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
“He told me that he would not go back to Mexico because the 21st century is a century for China,” she told People’s Daily.
Arsovska has always been committed to the study of Chinese culture and translation. She has translated and published a number of contemporary Chinese literature works. Besides, she compiled Latin America’s first Chinese grammar textbook for Spanish readers. In 2014, she was awarded the eighth Special Book Award of China.
“I hope I can make more Spanish readers feel the development of China in literature and nurture more professionals for the future development of Mexico-China exchanges,” she said.
She hopes that China and Latin American countries, including Mexico, could further enhance their communication and cooperation and share with each other development experiences, so as to promote common development of more developing countries.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to maintain the status quo in a dispute over the party’s candidates emerging from the Benue State APC primaries for the 2027 general election.
The order was made on Thursday by Justice Inyang Ekwo during proceedings in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1429/2026, filed by Engr. Sesugh Akaagba and other aggrieved APC candidates from Benue State against the APC and INEC.
The plaintiffs had, through an ex parte motion filed on July 5, 2026, sought six interim reliefs, including an order restraining the APC from substituting its validly nominated candidates in Benue State through its June 29, 2026 correspondence, or any subsequent communication, to INEC, pending determination of the substantive suit.
They also sought an order compelling the APC to immediately transmit to INEC the names of candidates validly nominated during the primaries monitored by the electoral commission.
When the matter first came up on July 8, 2026, the court declined to grant the interim application immediately, directing both APC and INEC to appear and respond before any decision was taken. The matter was adjourned to July 16.
At Thursday’s proceedings, counsel representing the APC and INEC were present in court, while the plaintiffs were represented by Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, alongside his legal team.
In his ruling, Justice Ekwo held that since issues had been joined by the parties particularly with INEC now before the court, the defendants were required by law to preserve the subject matter of the litigation pending determination of the substantive suit.
When counsel to the plaintiffs urged the court to caution APC and INEC against taking any further action that could affect the disputed list of candidates, the judge responded that it was “not a matter of advice but of law,” stressing that the defendants were bound to maintain the status quo.
The court consequently restrained APC and INEC from taking any action capable of altering the disputed list of candidates pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
The defendants did not object to the restraining order.
At the commencement of proceedings, the court noted that all parties had voluntarily submitted to its jurisdiction by duly filing and exchanging their respective processes.
It held that there was no procedural or jurisdictional impediment to the expeditious determination of the substantive action, and directed that the matter be heard without further delay.
In furtherance of the objective of preserving the res and safeguarding the efficacy of the judicial process, the court ordered all parties to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and final determination of the substantive suit, restraining any act or omission capable of prejudicing the rights of the parties or rendering the proceedings nugatory.
The court further directed that INEC be served forthwith with the originating and all consequential processes.
The effect of the subsisting order is that INEC is restrained from tampering with the existing list of candidates pending final determination of the suit, and from receiving, recognising, or acting upon any purported substituted list of National Assembly candidates from Benue State submitted by the APC.
The matter was adjourned to July 21, 2026, for hearing of the substantive suit.
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and former First Lady Patience Ibifaka Jonathan recently celebrated a significant family milestone as they attended the graduation ceremony of their son, Ariara Goodluck Jonathan, at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
The proud parents joined family members and well-wishers to witness Ariara receive his degree, marking the successful completion of his academic programme. The occasion was filled with joy as the Jonathan family commemorated the achievement, highlighting the importance they place on education and personal development.
The graduation ceremony attracted warm congratulatory messages from friends, associates, and admirers, who wished the graduate continued success in his future endeavours.
The Following names joined the political family of Sen. Dr. George Akume today after leaving the sinking Alia ship .
Under the leadership of Barr. Emmanuel Jime .
The are ;
Chief Nelson Alapa
Douglas pepe SAN senatorial Aspirant zone A,
Engr Peter Ashiekaa
QS Clement Beetseh
Former commissioners
Joy Luga
Ann itodo
Barr martins Shaagee
Miss Dorcas
Prof Usar Joseh
Prof Cephas Tushima
Chief Patrick Idoko
Hon Patience Akor
Hon Fred Idoko
Hon Lawrence Ekpo Onoja Jnr
Hon Andrew Abah
Hon Agbo Innocent Ikwumonu
Hon Simon Omachoko
Hon David Egboja
Dr John Garba
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