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A Chinese business owner in South Africa was recently kidnapped, underscoring the growing risks faced by expatriate entrepreneurs. In response, the WeChat public account 南非天天报 (South Africa Daily News) published a comprehensive guide offering local Chinese merchants practical advice to avoid such threats. ...
China’s Strategic Pursuit of Nuclear Energy Dominance in Africa
By Innocent Batsani-Ncube China is strategically positioning itself to exert significant influence over Africa’s nuclear energy sector in the coming decades. Presently, Russia and France dominate this emerging industry, with the United States playing a lesser role; however, China’s calculated initiatives ...
BYD Goes on the Offensive in South Africa With the Launch of Three New Models
Chinese auto major BYD is moving aggressively to expand in the South African market with the launch of three new models this week, including their full-size electric pickup, a hybrid SUV, and an all-electric sedan. South Africa is an alluring market ...
South Africa’s Active Yet Unequal Trade With China
From afar, the China-South Africa trade relationship looks amazing. Last year, the two countries sold more than $52 billion worth of goods to one another — mostly raw materials from South Africa and finished goods from China.
China, Africa and the Post-American World
During his Senate confirmation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced the so-called "liberal international order" that he said was obsolete and no longer working for the United States. Since he and his boss, President Donald Trump, took office eight weeks ...
China, the U.S., and the Competition for Africa’s Strategic Resources
Southern Africa has become a focal point of geopolitical competition, with the U.S., China, and other global powers maneuvering for influence over key infrastructure projects and critical resources. The Lobito Corridor Project, a railway and logistics ...
Living Between Worlds With One Homeland in Heart: The Story of South African Chinese
Chinese communities in South Africa are generally divided into three distinct groups. LaoQiao (老侨), are South African-born Chinese (SABC) whose families have been in the country for generations, with ancestors arriving as early as the 1870s amid war and disaster in China. The second group, often termed ...
Navigating U.S.-China Rivalry: Africa’s Strategic Response in the Trump Era
The U.S.-China relationship is at a critical inflection point as Donald Trump tries to reset ties with his counterpart Xi Jinping. The U.S. President has repeatedly said he wants to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement that would, in his view, lead ...
Debate: Is China a Helpful or Horrible Trade Partner for Global South Countries?
At last week's Munich Security Conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touted his country's 5% economic growth last year as a "benefit to the world" thanks to all of the trade it does with countries around the world. ...
South Africa’s Largest Private Solar Project to Power Chinese Chrome Smelting Factory
A Chinese consortium is developing a 100-megawatt solar power project in South Africa’s Limpopo Province to provide renewable energy to Samancor Chrome, one of the region’s largest minerals-processing companies. The project is a partnership between Samancor, CGN Africa Energy—a Chinese ...
Outspoken China Hawk Poised to Become Donald Trump’s New Envoy to South Africa
With U.S.-South Africa ties on the verge of total collapse following President Donald Trump's suspension of aid and his offer to resettle white South Africans as refugees, attention is now shifting to who Washington will send to Pretoria as its next ambassador. ...
China FM to Visit Europe, U.S. Before G20 Talks in S. Africa
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Europe and the United States this month before attending a Group of 20 meeting in South Africa, Beijing said on Monday. The announcement comes after Wang's U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio said he would skip ...