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Hunan Province is Fast Becoming a Major Hub for China-Africa Trade and Logistics
Ethiopian Airlines launched a new cargo route between Addis Ababa and Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, the latest China-Africa aviation trade link. The first flight took off last week and is expected to ferry some 17,000 metric tons of goods. ...
It’s the West’s Fault, Not Russia’s There Are Food Shortages in Africa, According to Chinese State Media
Chinese state media is promoting the narrative that the worsening food crisis in Africa is due to Western sanctions against Russia rather than because Moscow invaded a sovereign country. CGTN published a short clip on Tuesday of an ...
The North-South Split in the World’s China Discourse
The discourse coming out of the U.S. and China around the visit of the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan keeps reminding me of a particular stage direction in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: George: Stop braying!
Metals Dispute Reveals Gulf Between U.S. Companies and Leaders on China
Amid the tensions and sniping surrounding the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan, it’s revealing how the country’s corporations and officials seem to be pulling in different directions on China. U.S. officials frame China as Voldemort’s less charming cousin. ...
First Ford, Now Tesla Signs Major EV Battery Deals With Chinese Suppliers
The United States government's long-held goal to weaken China's dominance in the strategically important electric vehicle battery sector suffered another setback on Monday when Tesla announced two multi-year deals to source batteries from two of China's largest suppliers. Tesla signed agreements ...
Nigerian Automotive Magnate Diana Chen Wants to Assemble Cars in the DR Congo
Diana Chen, head of the Nigeria-based automotive group CIG Motors Limited, together with the DR Congo's Minister for Trade Julien Paluku announced a new deal to assemble cars in Kinshasa's Maluku Special Economic Zone. CIG will reportedly build the new ...
The Zhou-Kenyatta Road Show in Kenya
China's ambassador to Kenya, Zhou Pingjian, has spent a lot of time with President Uhuru Kenyatta recently, commissioning one new infrastructure project after another. On Monday, the pair led a ceremony for the grand opening ...
China’s Outspoken Former Ambassador to South Africa Trashes U.S. Policy in Africa Ahead of Blinken Visit
Even though the United States government seems to have gone out of its way to avoid any mention of China related to Secretary of State Antony Blinken's upcoming visit to Africa, Chinese media is nonetheless preemptively going on the attack. The task ...
China’s Increasingly Close Ties With Syria Are Making Israel Very Nervous
China's outgoing ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, held what appeared to be a rather friendly meeting with President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday providing yet another indication of the increasingly close ties between the two countries -- a trend that's making observers across the border in Israel increasingly anxious.
China’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Issues Angry Denunciation of the West and Argues Beijing Should Be Kingdom’s Preferred Partner
Any time a senior U.S. official like the President or the Secretary of State travels to a region where the Chinese have a strong interest, one can expect the publication of a scathing denunciation of the "West" (typically they're mostly referring to the U.S.) accompanied by a ...
What the Redwood Business is Like in Africa – Risky But Worth It
Although the world is aware of the Chinese private sector’s growing influence in African markets, there is rarely any information on Chinese people’s experience being an entrepreneur on the continent. The Congo Online WeChat Account (微信公众号 刚果在线) - a WeChat channel ...
The Stereotypes Are Untrue – Africans Are Not Lazy, Greedy, or Deceitful
Mainstream Chinese perceptions of Africa and Africans are largely very rudimentary, even crude in some instances. In fact, many of the caricatures that are now widely seen in Chinese media are reminiscent of the blatant racism that was prevalent in 20th-century Western movies and television shows that ...