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Africa is once again the backdrop for a glossy, big-budget Chinese patriotic blockbuster that dominated this weekend's National Day holiday box office with $37 million in ticket sales. "Home Coming" is a fictional recounting of the evacuation of some of the 30,000 ...

China Sends High-Level Public Security Bureau Official to DR Congo For Talks on How to Better Protect Chinese Nationals

The Chinese government recently dispatched a high-ranking member of the powerful Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for talks with security officials on how to better protect Chinese nationals in the country. Liu Jiingjie, head ...

Contrary to Public Perception, China is Actually Just a Bit Player in the African Mining Sector

While China is a major player in the DR Congo's mining sector, that is not the case elsewhere on the continent, according to a new report by the African Climate Foundation. In fact, China's share of the continent's total mining output was ...

Clarification: The Chinese Victims of Last Week’s Gun Attack in Karachi Were Pakistan Citizens, Not Dual Citizens

A number of international media outlets including Al Jazeera, Reuters, and the Associated Press, incorrectly reported last week that the three Chinese victims of a shooting attack at a dental clinic in the Pakistani port city of Karachi were dual nationals. This is not possible because dual nationality is not legal in ...

The China in Africa Podcast Recognized by the Carnegie Endowment as One of “The Best Foreign Policy Podcasts”

The podcast team at The China-Global South Project received a happy surprise over the weekend when our China in Africa show was named among "The Best Foreign Policy Podcasts" by the prestigious think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This is ...

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Looking Beyond “Useful Africa” at the Mining Indaba

With U.S.-South Africa ties in the deep freeze, it was notable to see the sheer size of the U.S. delegation sent to this week’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town – one of the most prominent industry gatherings and one of the few where the Global South gets a prominent voice.
The Trump administration’s famous Afrophobia seems (momentarily at least) tempered by its greed for minerals. It is reportedly walking ...