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The Rare News Interview with a Chinese Ambassador in Africa
Chinese ambassadors in Africa rarely grant one-on-one interviews with international journalists. But that’s starting to change now, particularly as a few Chinese envoys are making themselves more accessible to the press and on social media platforms like Twitter. Two ambassadors are especially noteworthy in this ...
Chinese Vlogger Fyjo Molly Wants You to See Africa in a Different Way
Fyjo Molly uses an unusual way to phoneticize her English YouTube handle name. The Chinese characters for Africa, 非洲, are typically spelled “fei zhou” but writing it as “Fyjo” Molly put her own little twist on the name, much like her video blogs where she ...
Chinese and Africans are Having Totally Different Conversations About Their Relationship
In this week’s episode, Effy Zhang, a Beijing-based global affairs reporter for the privately-run financial news outlet Caixin, joins Eric & Cobus to talk about how she covers China-Africa issues for her readers in China. It’s interesting to compare Chinese news coverage from that African ...
New Generation of Vloggers Aims to Tell a Different China-Africa Story
When Shanghai-native Zhao Huiling was 12, her family moved from China to Ghana where she lived until she was 18 years old. When she came back to China as a young adult, she quickly became frustrated with the stereotypes of Africa that are widely disseminated ...
How Media Both Reflects and Directs Increased Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Zambia
This week Eric and Cobus discuss the recent surge of anti-Chinese sentiment in Zambiawhere public anger is on the rise against politicians in both Lusaka and Beijing.
Previewing the Upcoming FOCAC Summit Through the Media's Lens
With the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit now just weeks away, international press coverage of the event is now ramping up. Over the past several weeks, Eric & Cobus have done a number of interviews with journalists around the world about what to ...
Black Panther Sparks Debate Over Anti-Black Racism in China
The Marvel superhero blockbuster Black Panther generated a respectable $100 million at the Chinese box office in March, making it the film’s top overseas market. The movie had a very strong opening in China, earning more than $60 ...
China-Africa Relations as Seen Through the Lens of a New Generation
Independent filmmakers Jidi Guo and Philip Man join Eric & Cobus to discuss their new documentary about how a new generation is responding to China’s growing influence in Kenya. This is the first documentary produced by the Shanghai-based pair who took 10 days of vacation ...