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Chinese Troops in Djibouti Compete in a Military Skills Competition (That Also Made For a Cool Music Video)
Chinese troops in Djibouti recently (they didn't specify precisely when) held the "East African Warriors" military skills competition and leveraged the event to make a Wolf Warrior II-style music video that was no doubt a big hit among viewers back home. ...
New Transport Corridor Gives China Direct Access to the Indian Ocean for the First Time
A new overland transport corridor has made history by linking China directly to the Indian Ocean for the first time. Built jointly by Chinese provinces and Singapore, the transport corridor links the Chinese manufacturing hub of Chongqing with Vientiane, ...
Chinese-backed Asia-Africa-European Undersea Cable Makes Landfall in Kenya
Kenya's ICT minister Joe Mucheru gleefully welcomed the arrival of the 15,000-kilometer PEACE (Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe) undersea cable when it came ashore in the port city of Mombasa on Tuesday. The $425 million ...
Chinese Special Envoy Visits Djibouti as Part of Horn Tour
Xue Bing, China’s recently-appointed Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, continued his tour of the region with a visit to Djibouti. He held separate meetings with President Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister. ...
New Asia-Africa Chinese Undersea Cable Threatens Pax Americana: Report
China’s provision of undersea internet cables to Africa and the Middle East poses a security threat to the United States, according to a new report from the Middle East Institute (MEI), a prominent Washington DC-based think tank. The report, ...
How ‘Small State Opportunism’ Shapes China’s Pursuit of Overseas Military Bases
By Chris Alden and Lukas Fiala, China Foresight, LSE IDEAS When Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh publicly confirmed China’s intentions of building a military base near the Doraleh port in 2015, Beijing’s move was met with deep suspicion across ...
The U.S. and Europe May No Longer Want Confucius Institutes, But That is Not the Case in Africa
The Chinese language and cultural centers known as Confucius Institutes long fell out of favor in the United States and Europe, where critics accused the Chinese government-backed initiative of being a vector for propaganda. That is not the ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Three Chinese Warships Head to Gulf of Aden For Anti-Piracy Mission
Three Chinese warships left Guangdong on Saturday and are now making their way to the Gulf of Aden to take part in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. However, the key question is how long they'll stay. After 14 years, the Somali government now appears to have ...
U.S. Generals Continue to Insist China Plans to Build New Military Bases in Africa Even Though There’s No Evidence
The United States military is turning up the volume on its longstanding allegation that China is actively considering building new military bases around the world, including in four African countries. The Pentagon restated the assertion earlier this month in a report to Congress, even though ...
Young Djiboutian China Expert Uses Twitter to Try and Get the Finance Minister’s Attention For a Job
When Djibouti Finance Minister Ilyas Dawaleh tweeted this week about a meeting with Chinese ambassador Hu Bin to discuss the upcoming FOCAC summit, Charmarke Abdoulkader Hadji thought this might be a good way to get the minister's attention and ask for a job. ...
China Merchants Group Exporting Its Shekou Model of Port-industrial Development to Africa
As the final frontier for trade growth, Africa is the only region where exponential economic and cargo growth is still possible. The continent is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. However, many existing African ports do not have the capacity to accommodate a growing demand ...
Lots and Lots of Meetings in Both China and Africa Ahead of FOCAC
The African diplomatic corps in China often take the lead in negotiating the key agenda topics for major events like the upcoming FOCAC summit and often work together as a block. Tanzania's ambassador, Mbelwa Kairuki, met on ...