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South Africa is struggling to recapture the imagination of investors after a decade of driving its economy into a ditch. This week, 100 delegates from China’s Zhejiang province visited the country for a trade and investment roadshow weeks after a similar event in Shanghai.  The events are a direct ...

China’s recently announced $2.5 billion currency swap with Nigeria raises interesting questions about Africa’s role in one of Beijing’s key financial objectives: the internationalization of the renminbi (RMB). The swap follows the March launch of an RMB-denominated oil futures market in Shanghai. As the world's largest oil importer, conducting its ...

When I first got to Kenya, people were constantly telling me that the secret to doing well here was the kind of relationships you were able to establish.  This seemed very aligned with the concept of guanxi, which was so familiar from my experiences ...

The following article was written by Yuan Yizhu, Wang Chun, Cheng Ming , student fellows at China House Kenya Over the past few years China has emerged as one of the world’s biggest markets for illegal wildlife products such as ivory. According to a 2017 BBC news ...

Over the past few years, China has emerged to become one of the biggest markets for global illegal wildlife products such as ivory. According to BBC news in 2017, China now accounts for up to 70% of the global demand for ivory. Apart from ivory, the trade of animal products ...

The following article was written by Stephany Zoo, Founder of the Nairobi-based China Africa Tech Initiative When I first came to China, an Alibaba employee once told me that it wasn’t that Alibaba meant to only pursue wildly ambitious projects, it was just that when you had created a platform ...

The following article was written by Wu Xunpu, a student fellow at China House Kenya. After a tedious 48-hour layover in the Dubai airport, Bailing finally arrived in Nairobi, Kenya. The extreme weather conditions in Dubai had left her stranded for an extra two days. This hindrance, ...

The following article was written by Bo Sun, a fellow at China House Kenya My name is Bo Sun and I am a Chinese student studying abroad in Reno, Nevada. My father, however, lives and works in Tanzania. During my 2016 Christmas holiday, I visited the ...

A Chinese Youth and His Charity Foundation in Tanzania The following article was written by Bo Sun. My name is Bo Sun, a Chinese student studying in Reno, Nevada and whose father works and lives in Tanzania. During the Christmas holiday of 2016, I visited Dar ...

The following article was written by Hezhu Zhang, a fellow at China House Kenya “Policy is too unstable and is getting stricter, this business has no future”. Mr. Zhou, an experienced Chinese timber businessman said, thinking about what is next for his timber business. When it ...

The following article was written by Hezhu Zhang, a fellow at China House Kenya Chinese timber business in Africa is continually faced with numerous criticisms. And the reprobation of exporting raw materials without developing processing industry locally is one of the most heated points. The ...

The following article was written by Hezhu Zhang, a fellow at China House Kenya As Chinese timber business in Africa has long been reprobated because of its damage to the environment and rural livelihood, a close case study of the development of a timber-industry-driven town in ...