Category: Diplomacy

The influential African polling outfit Afrobarometer has released a glimpse of new polling results among African populations of their perceptions of external powers. Afrobarometer surveys have noted consistently high (and similar) approval rates of both China and the United States in Africa. However, now that popularity seems ...

China’s role in debt renegotiation processes has become very controversial, with U.S. officials like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen singling Beijing out as a “barrier” to resolving debt distress. However, a new report by a team of prominent Africa-China researchers argues that China conducted ...

The outgoing president of the World Bank, David Malpass, again expressed his concern about the opacity of China's lending practices to developing countries. He told the BBC that Beijing needs to be "more transparent." Malpass's comments are the latest in a ...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Washington, D.C., after wrapping up a week-long, three-nation tour of sub-Saharan Africa over the weekend. Before she left, Harris held a press conference on Friday with President Haikinde Hichilema, where she gently prodded China ...

Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo pushed back against Western criticisms of Chinese engagement in Africa, saying concerns over predatory lending are "an overreaction." The Vice President spoke at King's College in London, where he also reminded the audience that "the history ...

China's ambassador to the DR Congo, Zhu Jing, hosted a briefing at the embassy for Chinese companies operating in the country about the deteriorating security conditions. Representatives from at least 50 Chinese companies attended the session last week that also included ...

One of the main priorities of last year's landmark environmental legislation in the U.S. (known as the Inflation Reduction Act) is to reduce, even eliminate China's role in the electric vehicle supply chain, particularly when it comes to batteries. But that ...

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong embarked on a week-long trip to China on Monday that will include meetings with both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The visit marks the Singaporean leader's first visit to China since the COVID-19 pandemic. (STRAITS TIMES)

Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on his first visit to the Chinese capital as Prime Minister. Ibrahim, along with a large delegation of ministers and corporate leaders, have a full schedule of high-level talks and deal signings ...

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a brief stopover in China's southern Guandong province on Wednesday during his six-day visit to China. Lee paid a courtesy call to the province's top official, Communist Party Secretary Huang Kunming, to discuss deeper economic ...

The Zambian Finance Ministry released its latest debt figures this week that reveals the painful cost that delays in restructuring are exacting on the economically-distressed country. The country's total public debt now stands at $32.8 billion, up $300 million since last ...

Honduran President Xiomara Castro looked visibly pleased with her decision to switch ties from Taiwan to China last week when she announced on Twitter that she'll soon be headed to Beijing to sign a raft of new agreements. The President did not ...