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Trade between China and Africa reached more than $295 billion in 2024, an increase of 6.1% on the previous year, according to a recent report by the Chinese customs administration. We break down the trade between the two continents in infographics. ...
[WEEK IN REVIEW] Who Gets to Tell the China-Africa Story?
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Africa, China, and Trump’s World-Spanning Gamble on Foreign Assistance
The Trump administration’s decision to halt and review U.S. foreign assistance to developing countries instantaneously turned the United States from many countries’ biggest helper into their biggest problem. In the process, he kicked off a massive experiment. The research question ...
Chinese EVs Gaining Ground in South Africa Despite Hybrids Popularity
Chinese EVs' entry into South Africa is challenging the status quo with brands like Haval, Cherry, Omoda, and Jaecoo becoming a common sight in Gauteng, South Africa’s wealthiest province that includes Johannesburg. But, a survey by AutoTrader, an online ...
U.S. Aid Freeze Creates New Opening for China in Africa
The Trump administration's decision to issue a 90-day freeze on most foreign assistance worldwide will have a disproportionate impact on a number of African countries that rely heavily on U.S. aid. The State Department's "stop-work" ...
Chinese Fleet Returns Home After Mission in African Waters
A trio of Chinese warships returned to their home port in Guangdong Province on Friday after a 339-day mission that included operations in African waters. The ships, composed of the guided missile destroyer Jiaozuo, the guided missile frigate Xuchang, and the supply ship Honghu, ...
Does Trump Help or Hurt China’s Diplomacy in Africa?
Donald Trump roared back into power this week, signing dozens of executive orders on his first day that upended large parts of the U.S. foreign policy agenda. The president withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate ...
The World According to Marco Rubio
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the State Department, Marco Rubio, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week as part of the confirmation process. Rubio testified for more than three hours and made it very clear that ...
Africa-China 2025: Tracking Priorities on Both Sides
2025 marks a quarter-century since the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. Since then, Africa-China engagement has been nothing short of transformational - both changing skylines across the continent and reshaping the role of the Global South in world politics more broadly.
Why Views About China Are So Different in the Global North and South
China is deeply unpopular in the U.S., UK, Japan, and most other wealthy countries, and given the politics in those regions, there's no indication that's going to change anytime soon. It's a very different story, though, in large parts of developing ...
[DOUBLE EPISODE] 2024 China-Africa Year in Review
2024 will be remembered as a seminal year in China-Africa relations with a rebound of Chinese lending to the continent and renewed diplomatic engagement in the run-up to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit that took place in Beijing.
South Africa Says It Will Take Action if Taiwan Continues to Refuse to Move Its Rep Office out of the Capital
The South African government is facing mounting pressure from members of parliament over how it's going to respond to Taiwan's apparent refusal to relocate its representative office from Pretoria to Johannesburg. Taiwan was ordered in order in October to move its liaison ...