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Kenya’s Parliament Warned That Unpaid Debts to China Threaten Standard Gauge Railway Service
Kenya Railways is falling behind in its debt service payments for one of the country's new Chinese-built and financed Standard Gauge Railway lines, according to a new budget report submitted to the Kenyan parliament on Wednesday. In its fiscal year 2020-2021 ...
China’s Ties With Nigeria Are a Lot Better Than They Seem
Lagos State University political science lecturer Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi joins Eric & Cobus this week to discuss the current state of China-Nigeria relations. After a turbulent past few months following the events in Guangzhou back in April and now calls ...
China’s Misguided Twitter Strategy in Africa
There's been a lot of discussions recently over the rise and effectiveness of China's new class of "Wolf Warrior" diplomats, named after the hugely successful 2018 China-Africa action movie, who've made a name for themselves by targeting the U.S. and other critics with aggressive ...
Scholar: There’s a Huge Difference Between Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and China
Hong Kong-based scholar Roberto Castillo is one of the world's foremost experts on the African diaspora in China and Chinese-Black race relations. Lately, he's become increasingly frustrated by the false equivalency that many are drawing between discrimination against black/brown people in the U.S. and China. ...
A Lot of People Mistakenly Think China Suspended Bilateral Debt Repayments in Africa. They Didn’t.
China's recently published COVID-19 white paper was intended to clear up confusion about Beijing's efforts to contain the outbreak and what it's doing to support other countries, including economic assistance. And it's on the issue of debt relief, in ...
No Quick Fix Ahead For Chinese Debt Relief in Africa Warns Brookings Scholar Yun Sun
It's been a challenge to follow the progress of China's debt relief negotiations in Africa, since neither side seems willing to reveal much about the ongoing talks. But several months into the current economic crisis, it's becoming increasingly evident the quick fix across-the-board package that so many ...
In Almost Every Story About China-Africa, Global Times Makes Sure to Slip in a Dig at the United States
The Global Times newspaper has long played the role of China's most outspoken anti-U.S. media outlet -- both with its editorial content and its fiery Editor in Chief, Hi Xijin, who just today said low-income Americans live in an "autocratic ...
While the CCP is Viewed With Skepticism in the U.S. and EU, That’s Definitely Not the Case in Parts of Africa
Although China's ties with African civil society stakeholders have frayed considerably in recent months due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, debt-related issues and, most notably, the lasting bitter taste over what happened in Guangzhou, Beijing's relations with Africa's governing class at both the state and ruling-party levels ...
The Crisis in Hong Kong Emerges as Key Messaging Theme for Chinese Media, Diplomats Across Africa
Chinese diplomats, missions, and media across Africa have been steadily ramping up their messaging about Hong Kong in recent weeks in what appears to be a concerted effort to build support for Beijing's handling of the ongoing political crisis in the territory.
Why is China Being So Elusive on African Debt Relief?
When a Reuters reporter asked Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian last week to provide specific details about what Beijing is doing to help Angola with its request for debt relief, there was a brief second of excitement. ...
A Chinese-built Road in Uganda Makes Life a Whole Lot Easier for Local Farmers
In 2014, Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited, a Chinese construction firm, won a contract to rebuild Yellowknife road and Kabula access road, in Masaka, an agricultural city in Southern Uganda (East Africa). The two roads among several others plus buildings were ...
A CFR Virtual Conference on China’s Growing Footprint in Africa
The Council on Foreign Relations in New York organized a virtual conference this week to discuss U.S. perspectives on "China's Growing Footprint in Africa." The first part of the discussion focused largely on comparing/contrasting U.S. and Chinese economic development strategies on the continent ...