In terms of geopolitical optics, this week was nothing short of a banquet. It served up at least two sets of images that seem to crystallize our historical moment and that will live on in the Wikipedia of history as shorthand for where the world was in 2025.
One is the waves of uncannily synchronized soldiers and a bewildering array of high-tech weaponry gliding down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue. The ...
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[AUDIO] Reflections on TICAD7 With Judd Devermont
In this episode, Eric & Cobus speak with Judd Devermont, Director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a prominent think tank in Washington, on his key takeaways from this year's Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) that wrapped up Friday. Both Judd ...
[AUDIO] One Chinese Company’s Bold, Controversial Plan to Wipe Out Malaria in Kenya
Malaria is a global threat. In 2017, an estimated 20,000 people were killed in terrorist-related incidents. That same year, 435,000 people died from the mosquito-borne disease, predominantly in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Although half the world’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission, Africa is ...
[AUDIO] Why Everyone Will Be Thinking About China at the Upcoming Japan-Africa Summit
54 countries and international organizations will convene at the end of August in Yokohama for the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development or TICAD. While the event is ostensibly about Japanese engagement with Africa, a lot of attendees will likely have China on their minds during the two-day summit.
[AUDIO] Will China Come to the Rescue of South Africa's Ailing Energy Giant Eskom?
South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom is in dire straits. The electric power company now has more than $30 billion of debt and its current revenue no longer provides enough money to cover daily operational costs. Now, as a result of the ongoing financial crisis at the company, Eskom is ...
[AUDIO] China’s New Approach to Public Diplomacy in Africa
Chinese diplomatic missions in Africa have long had a reputation for being inaccessible, even unapproachable. Ambassadors often shied away from unscripted public events, journalists seeking any kind of comment were largely brushed away and engagement with local NGOs and civil society actors was unheard of. That’s now starting to ...
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[AUDIO] What Should the U.S. Do to More Effectively Compete With China in Africa?
In this special edition of the China in Africa podcast, Eric & Cobus join Judd Devermont, Africa Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Yun Sun, a Non-Resident Fellow at The Brookings Institution, to discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy in Africa and ...
[STUDENT xCHANGE] The Impact of Rising Tourism on Kenya's Traditional Handicrafts Sector
The following article was written by Ding Peixuan, 21, an English major at Northwest University in Xi'an, China. This article was produced in partnership with China House for the CAP Student xChange. According to the "Business Daily" report, "Kenya 2018 Tourism Performance Report" shows that in 2018, the ...
Fintech is Growing Fast in Kenya, Attracting New Interest from Chinese Investors
By Chen Liang, A China House Fellow Editor’s Note: This article was provided to the China Global South Project through a partnership with China House, an independent organization that provides international educational opportunities for Chinese high school and university students to explore Chinese engagement in Africa and other ...
“A Mixture of Dragons and Fish”: The Chinese Business Community in Ethiopia
By Yu Jiatong, A China House Student Fellow Editor's Note: This article was provided to the China Global South Project through a partnership with China House, an independent organization that provides international educational opportunities for Chinese high school students. ...
[AUDIO] "The Debt Problem in Kenya is NOT China's Problem, it's Kenya's!"
If China was expecting praise and adulation for the $60 billion financial package that it announced at the recent FOCAC summit in Beijing, then Chinese officials must have been severely disappointed by the reaction in places like Kenya.
How Chinese Engagement is Helping Kenya to Overcome Educational Challenges
Editors Note: the following article is published as part of a partnership with China House in Kenya who hosts groups of Chinese high school students in Nairobi to learn more about China-Africa relations. This article was only lightly edited. The opinions expressed in this article are entirely those of ...
[COMMENTARY] African countries are loading up on dangerous amounts of Chinese debt, but what other choice do they have?
2018 has seen the rapid popularization of a motif in Western discussions of China-Africa relations. Over the last month or so, The Diplomat, The Guardian, and CNN