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Be Wary of All Those “Hyperbolic” Reports Warning of the Dangers of Chinese Technology
The fear that China is going to export digital authoritarianism and repression to Africa is way overblown and oversimplified in Western media reports and think tank analysis cautions Iginio Gagliardone, a media scholar at Wits University in Johannesburg and one of the world's foremost scholars ...
With One Eye on the U.S., Xi Jinping Pledges $3 Billion in New COVID Aid for Developing Countries
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a new $3 billion aid package to help developing countries in their battle against the health and economic impact of COVID. The President made the announcement on Friday at a virtual G20 Global Health Summit. ...
Why You Should be Wary of the U.S.-China Narrative in the Ethio Telecom Auction Story
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The U.S. and China Face Off Against One Another in Latin America Over Vaccine Distribution
No news today from Africa about Chinese vaccine distributions but lots of action unfolding in Latin America where the United States and China are squaring off against one another, particularly in countries that still maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan. U.S. officials ...
China’s Ambassador to the DRC Hints the Country May Once Again Be at the Center of a Great Power Struggle
Chinese ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zhu Jing, posted a somewhat cryptic tweet earlier this week that suggested the DRC may once again be at the center of a great power struggle, this one, he implied between the United States and China.
The U.S. and China Trade Barbs Over Who’s More Righteous in Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines to Poor Countries in the Global South
United States President Joe Biden took aim at China on Tuesday in remarks about Washington's plan to begin sending tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries. The President implied that China's vaccine distribution to low-income countries is politically motivated and said that the U.S. ...
U.S. Senator Blasts China For Selling Countries “Garbage Vaccines” and Prompts a Furious Media Backlash From Beijing
While U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian took swipes at one another on Tuesday over global vaccine distribution, another dispute broke out -- this one between a prominent Republican Senator and the nationalist Chinese tabloid Global Times.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is Worried About Africa’s Relationship With China
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (photo), said the Biden administration's new policy for Africa will contrast sharply not only with Donald Trump's but also China's engagement on the continent. In an interview with the state-owned Voice of ...
Conservatives in the U.S. Say Biden’s Energy Policies Would Expose the U.S. to Become “Dependent Upon China and Its Client States in the Congo”
Apparently, the Democratic Republic of Congo is a "client state" of the Chinese government, or at least according to the latest meme to emerge on conservative U.S. media sites like Fox News. China's dominance in the DRC cobalt mining sector is prompting some to worry that a ...
CNN Ran a Story on Big Tech Expanding in Africa That Didn’t Mention a Single Chinese or European Company
CNN International broadcast a report over the weekend purportedly about "how big tech is expanding in Africa" yet the story only mentioned five major U.S. tech companies and not one from either Europe or Asia. This is somewhat odd given that ...
Glencore’s CEO Warns Western Automakers About China’s Control of Congolese Cobalt
The CEO of the world's largest cobalt mining company issued a stern warning to U.S. and European automakers that they had better get their acts together to secure supplies of this precious metal or else risk becoming dependent on China for batteries to power their electric vehicles. ...