Month: May 2023
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Turns Out, There Are Grievances on Both Sides of the China-DR Congo Relationship
Ahead of President Tshisekedi's arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Qin Gang met his Congolese counterpart Christophe Lutundula yesterday. Beyond the formalities and diplomatic courtesies reaffirming the strength of relations between the two countries, Qin made a comment that may ...
Geraud Neema on What DR Congo President Tshisekedi Hopes to Achieve During His Four-Day Visit to China
BBC WORLD SERVICE: The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, is scheduled to start a five-day visit to China today. It's his first official visit to Beijing. And among other things, the president wants to formally overhaul a $6 billion deal called the Sicomines ...
Difficult Conversations Underway in Beijing About China’s Mining Interests in the DR Congo
Even before DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, his ministers fanned across the Chinese capital earlier this week to lay the groundwork for what are going to be delicate negotiations over a pair of large, yet very contentious Chinese mining projects in the DRC. ...
Chinese Media is Surprisingly Quiet Over DRC President’s State Visit to Beijing
Congolese ministers have been in Beijing all week preparing for Wednesday's arrival of President Félix Tshisekedi. Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula met with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on Monday and Mining Minister N'samba Kalambayi held talks with both corporate and government stakeholders the following day. ...
The Chinese EV That Comes With a Uniquely South African Feature: Load Shedding Back Up
Chinese EV major BYD will launch its new compact electric crossover next month in South Africa. The BYD Atto 3 is a pretty standard EV with a range of about 420km. While car buyers in other countries might fret over the ...
Mix of Gratitude and Fear in Ghana Over China’s Role in the Country’s Ongoing Debt Crisis
Joy News, one of Ghana's largest media companies, published a pair of stories this week that revealed the complex emotions many in the West African country have about China's role in the ongoing debt crisis. On the positive side, the Ghanaian ...
South Africa’s Crumbling Railways Are Becoming a Threat to Global Supply Chains
Traffic on South Africa's main railway line that connects the country's urban hubs of Johannesburg and Pretoria with Africa's largest port in Durban operated at just 25% capacity last week -- hobbled by rampant theft, vandalism and damage. The 688-kilometer rail ...
What’s At Stake During Félix Tshisekedi’s China Trip?
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, is making a landmark trip to Beijing the week. It comes amid ongoing controversy both domestically and internationally, about the economic dominance of massive Chinese investments in the central African country. ...
The Uphill Journey to a BRICS Currency
The South African government announced in May that discussions around setting up a common currency will be on the agenda of the BRICS summit in August. Calls for the bloc, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to work together to boost non-dollar trade have ...
The Growing Influence of Chinese Policing in Africa
While joint military exercises between China and countries like South Africa draw controversy, much less attention is being paid to the role of policing in Africa-China relations. A fascinating new paper by the Africa-China security expert Paul Nantuyla maps the growing ...
Hunan’s Trade With Africa is Up 90% in 2023
The central Chinese province of Hunan has spent years positioning itself as an African trading hub, and according to the latest customs data, its efforts are now paying significant dividends. Trade between the province and African countries surged by 90% in ...
G7 Leaders Wrap Hiroshima Summit With a Get Tough Message for China
The leaders of the world's seven wealthiest industrial democracies closed their summit meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday with a blunt message for China: stop causing trouble and play by the rules. The group of six Western countries and Japan ...