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WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Mining Disaster in Zambia
Millions of Zambians along the Kafue River are coming to grips with the devastating environmental impact brought about by a massive acid spill from a Chinese-run copper mine. A tailings dam broke on February 18th, sending 50 million liters of toxic ...
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 ...
USAID’s Closure Threatens to Derail U.S. Involvement in the Lobito Corridor
U.S. participation in the Lobito Corridor project that aims to challenge China's dominance of African critical resource supply chains is now in jeopardy due to the Trump administration's decision this month to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). ...
Zambia Reaching End of Debt Restructuring Process
Zambia will soon be eligible once again for foreign financing as its debt restructuring negotiations are nearing the end, a French diplomatic source said Tuesday. France, which, along with China, heads the committee of public sector creditors for Zambia, was earlier ...
China’s Copper Play in Africa: High Stakes, Riches, and Risks in Congo and Zambia
Editor's Note: The following story is an AI-generated summary of a report by the China Nonferrous Metals Research Institute. The original story was published on the Institute's WeChat page in Chinese. CGSP editors have carefully reviewed the translation and the summary to ensure that it accurately ...
WEEK in REVIEW: Chinese FM Criticizes US Missile Deployment in the Philippines
Chinese naval and air forces conducted patrols around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Saturday after a slew of tense encounters with the Philippines in the disputed waterway in recent months. The patrols coincided with joint exercises carried out by the United States, Australia, Japan, ...
Connecting to African Power: Trends from The China-Global South Project’s Africa-China Energy Tracker
As Africa moves into the second quarter of this century, it faces a complex set of opportunities and perils. The continent’s vibrant youth population, mineral wealth, and vast capacity for renewable energy are examples of such opportunities. However, the continent is also subject to a nexus of ...
Railroads and Rivalries in Southern Africa
The U.S. and China plan to spend billions of dollars refurbishing key railway lines in southern Africa that link critical resource mining hubs in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with ports on both sides of the continent.
[DOUBLE EPISODE] The China-Africa Summit Debrief
The three-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit wrapped up in Beijing on Friday. The big headline from this year's gathering was the announcement that China will provide $50.7 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years.
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Signs Deal to Revamp TAZARA Railway
China and the Philippines accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near the disputed Sabina Shoal on Saturday. A China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson said the Philippines ship “deliberately collided with” a Chinese vessel. Meanwhile, officials in Manila said the opposite: that a CCG ship “directly ...
China Pushes Smaller, Smarter Loans to Africa to Shield From Risks
By Matthew Walsh China's years of splashing cash on big-ticket infrastructure projects in Africa may be over, analysts say, with Beijing seeking to shield itself from risky, indebted partners on the continent as it grapples with a slowing economy at home. ...
China’s Xi Promises $50 Billion for Africa Over Next Three Years
By Sam Davies Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged over $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the ...