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WEEK IN REVIEW: India Announces That Next Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit Will Take Place Virtually

Kenya’s First Chinese-Funded, Built Geothermal Energy Plant Paves Way for More Similar Projects

New Development Bank Wants to Finance More Projects Using Local Currencies Rather Than the U.S. Dollar

China, India Feud Intensifies as Both Countries Expel Nearly All Journalists From the Other Country

Only 8% of Chinese Have a Favorable View of India, Says New Tsinghua Univeristy Poll

Scholar: Tense Sino-Indian Relations Now the “New Normal”

Chinese Auto Major Geely Eyes Thailand to Build Regional Manufacturing and Sales Hub

How Zambia’s Debt Mix is Forecast to Evolve

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TRANSLATION: Deaths, Work Accidents, Busting Unions, Criminalization: The Fate of Indonesian and Chinese Workers in the Gunbuster Nickel Industry

Antonia Timmerman
The following is a summary translation of an article on Project Multatuli, written by journalist Permata Adinda, on the plights of nickel workers at Chinese-owned nickel firm Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.  At about ten in the evening on January 14, 2023, ...
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Africa

How Zambia’s Debt Mix is Forecast to Evolve

Anti-Chinese Campaign on Nigerian Twitter Raises Questions

Russia Not the Only Big Issue At BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting This Week

Mideast

Snapshot: How Chinese Investment in Africa is Shifting

Chinese Brands Take a Hit as Smartphone Sales Slump in Mideast and African Countries

Power Minister Warns That West Pakistan Will Turn to China if IMF Financing Doesn’t Come Through

Americas

This Graph Explains China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

Mexican President Says He Has Proof of Fentanyl Smuggling From China

Brazil’s Lula Heads to China With a Ukraine Peace Proposal That’s Effectively Dead on Arrival

Asia

Only 8% of Chinese Have a Favorable View of India, Says New Tsinghua Univeristy Poll

Chinese Auto Major Geely Eyes Thailand to Build Regional Manufacturing and Sales Hub

U.S.-Led Talks With Asian Countries Aims to Reduce Dependence on Chinese Supply Chains

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tech

Both Kenya and China Dismiss Reuters Report on Chinese Hacking as “Sheer Nonsense” and “Sponsored Propaganda”

Chinese Hackers Targeted Kenyan Government on Debt: Report

The Chinese EV That Comes With a Uniquely South African Feature: Load Shedding Back Up

U.S.-China

U.S.-Led Talks With Asian Countries Aims to Reduce Dependence on Chinese Supply Chains

Papua New Guinea, Micronesia to Sign Agreement With U.S. as Pacific Island Countries Increasingly Take Sides in Great Power Rivalry

Biden’s Canceled Trip Framed as All About China

Belt and Road

UBS Analyst Provides Upbeat Forecast on the Belt and Road, Challenging Skeptics Who’ve Already Written the BRI’s Obituary

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki Kicks Off Four-Day Visit to China, Meeting With Xi Set For This Week

China-Central Asia Summit Confirmed for May 18 and 19

debt

How Zambia’s Debt Mix is Forecast to Evolve

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Wraps Up 5-Day Visit to China

Mix of Gratitude and Fear in Ghana Over China’s Role in the Country’s Ongoing Debt Crisis

Quote Unquote

“As the BRICS summit approaches, one thing is clear: the alliance which began with high hopes and soaring optimism is at a crossroads. New members bring additional resources and opportunities, but they can also introduce new conflicts and disputes—among members and with outside interests.”

Mark Green, President of the Wilson Center, United States

The View From China

Scholar: Tense Sino-Indian Relations Now the “New Normal”

China’s ties with India suffered a major blow when the two countries engaged in a…

G7 Food Security Plan “A Castle in the Sky”: Chinese Researcher

China Angry With Japan Over G7 Joint Statement, Labels Accusations as “Hype”

Chinese Netizens Fret About More Manufacturing Moving to Vietnam While Experts Say There’s No Reason to Worry

A post went viral this week on the Chinese social media platform Weibo that highlighted…

In the U.S.-China Duel, the Philippines Has Chosen a Side, Says Xiamen University Southeast Asia Scholar

When Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. was elected president of the Philippines last year, there was a…

Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Blasts Blinken For “Sowing Discord” in Southeast Asia

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not comment over the weekend about U.S. Secretary of State…

China-Africa Climate News

Kenya’s First Chinese-Funded, Built Geothermal Energy Plant Paves Way for More Similar Projects

Q&A: Hong Kong Expertise Playing Pivotal Role in Transitioning Popular Motorbike Taxis in Kenya

China Exim Bank to Finance Controversial East African Oil Pipeline: Media Reports

Zimbabwe Pushing Chinese Steel Giant’s Plans to Exclusively Import Electricity From Mozambique

Chinese-funded, Constructed Sakaï Solar Plant Powers up Central Africa Republic

Uganda’s Oil & Gas Charm-Offensive on Chinese Companies as Activists Intensify EACOP Protests

CGSP Journalists

Geraud Neema
Francophone Editor
Antonia Timmerman
Southeast Asia Editor
Cobus van Staden
Managing Editor
Njenga Hakeenah
Climate Editor
Han Zhen (寒槙)
China Editor
Christopher Edyegu
Africa Editor
Eric Olander
Editor in Chief
Jony Essa
Arabic Editor

Podcasts

Twice-weekly podcast dedicated to exploring every facet of China's engagement in Africa. Hosted by Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden.
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Bulelani Jili

Meta Research Ph.D. Fellow
Harvard University

African Demand for Chinese Surveillance Technology

Geraud Neema

Francophone Africa Editor
The China-Global South Project

[WEEK IN REVIEW] Chinese Hacking in Kenya & DRC President Goes to Beijing

Antonia Timmerman

Southeast Asia Editor
The China-Global South Project

Key Lessons From Indonesia’s China-Backed Mining & Infrastructure Ventures

Alex Izurieta

Director, South-South Cooperation Unit
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

South-South Cooperation in Economically Perilous Times

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