Category: Journalism

How China Changed Its Image in the African News Media

Ten years ago, African news coverage of China's engagement on the continent was often quite negative and repackaged many of the critical Western narratives. Today, the situation is very different. China has spent considerable resources ...

China Builds Global South Media Network to Counter U.S., West

China has set up a new Global South media-and-think-tank network, presenting it as a way to balance what it calls Western control over news and global narratives. Beijing says it will give the Global South a stronger voice in world ...

Documenting the Human Cost of Nickel Mining: CGSP Wins Top Photojournalism Prize

The China-Global South Project (CGSP) has won the 2025 World Press Photo Award for a striking photo essay exposing the human cost of Indonesia’s nickel boom. The winning image, taken by Indonesian photojournalist Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro, captures ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Zambia Debt | Lula’s China Diss | China-Africa Journalism

Zambia suffered a major setback this week in its nearly three-year odyssey to restructure $32 billion of debt when the country's bilateral creditors led by China and France pushed back against bondholders. Plus, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued ...

Indian Police Arrest Two Journalists, Detain Dozens of Others With Alleged Ties to China

Indian security forces fanned out across New Delhi early Tuesday morning to conduct coordinated raids of the homes and offices of journalists affiliated with the left-leaning news outlet NewsClick on suspicion they accepted money from pro-Communist Party groups in China. 46 ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Press Expulsions Leave India and China In the Dark

The last Indian journalist left in China has been expelled. The two powers have been kicking out each other’s reporters on a tit-for-tat basis over the last few years. The sole remaining reporter (working for the Press Trust of India) was told to leave this month, bringing the ...

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

The Chinese government said it is taking what it described as "appropriate countermeasures" against India for expelling its journalists from the country. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters on Wednesday it would retaliate against New Delhi for last month's decision ...

Reporting Tips for African Journalists Covering China

Reporting on China is difficult even for the most experienced journalist who's spent years living there and speaks the language. So, it's not surprising that reporters in Africa who've had limited exposure to the country often struggle to cover China-related news. ...

FACT CHECK: No, Kenya’s Lamu and Mombasa Are Not Being Targeted by the Chinese Military

The prominent Kenyan daily The Standard this week published a breathless front-page story claiming that the U.S. government says it is concerned that China wants to leverage the Kenyan ports of Mombasa and Lamu for military use.  The article ...

Emerging Trends and Myths in Africa-China Relations: Live From Johannesburg

China's relationship with Africa is undergoing profound change in the post-pandemic era. Chinese engagement on the continent has fallen precipitously with a massive drop in people-to-people exchanges, development finance lending, and academic engagement.

Kenya Should Look East, Not West, For Development Inspiration Says One of the Country’s Largest Newspapers

The Editorial Board of The East African newspaper, a publication of the Nation Media Group, one of Kenya's largest media companies, published a column on Sunday that will be a disappointment to U.S. and European governments. It blasted Africa's past half-century engagement with the West and said the continent ...

How Effective are China’s Press Junkets for African Journalists? Pretty Effective.

As China opens back up after the pandemic, journalists are again being flown in from across the Global South for junkets - a key form of influence-building for Beijing.  If you wondered whether these tours pay off in soft power, tweets like these from ...
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