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Chinese, Russian Warships Arrive in Cape Town for Inaugural Joint Exercises with South Africa
Chinese, Russian and South African warships assembled in Cape Town on Monday for the start of Exercise Mosi, the first-ever joint naval exercises among these three countries. Yesterday and today the ships will be docked for public relations events and then on Thursday, they will …
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Viral Video: Xinjiang Activists Circulate Video of Young Black Children Crying While Singing Chinese Songs
A video depicting two presumably African boys undergoing what appears to be some kind of torturous martial arts exercise that is clearly causing them extreme discomfort has now gone viral under the heading “Chinese evil imperialism in Africa.” .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); …
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Chinese Diplomats and Missions in Africa Are Opening Twitter Accounts. Here’s a List of Who’s Online.
2019 will go down as the year when Chinese diplomacy officially entered the “Twitterverse.” Over the past six months, a small but steadily growing number of Chinese missions and diplomats in Africa have started to open Twitter accounts. It seems like it’s up to each …
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BBC Africa Correspondent Dickens Olewe Wasn’t Shy Asking China’s Ambassador to Kenya About Debt Traps and Asset Seizures
Chinese ambassadors are notoriously media-shy, particularly with U.S. and European news organizations like the BBC who Beijing often regards as adversarial. And when these officials do grant interviews, they’re often very stilted, constrained by ground-rules and limited to pre-approved questions. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 …
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OPINION: Why Africa Should Embrace the Yuan as a Reserve Currency
Kenyan economist and commentator Benard Aiyeko laid out his case as to why African central banks should add the Chinese yuan to their basket of reserve currencies. Today, only a few African countries including Angola, Zimbabwe and Nigeria settle some of their payments in yuan …
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France Announces Plans to Host Africa Summit in 2020
France’s ambassador to South Africa, Aurelien Lechevallier, unveiled plans for a new France-Africa Summit that will take place next year in South Africa. He added that president Emmanuel Macron will come to South Africa for the event, which is scheduled for next June. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ …
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US Trade & Development Agency Chief: “China Hasn’t Changed Our Approach in Africa”
Despite his best efforts, the CNBC Africa journalist Karabo Lethlhatlha wasn’t successful in getting the Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency, Thomas R. Hardy, to comment on China. In an interview that was nominally about Washington’s efforts to expand investment in …
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Although Relatively New to Twitter, China’s Ambassador in Zimbabwe Isn’t Afraid to FightHe’s only been using Twitter since April, but Ambassador Guo Shaochun is really getting the hang of the social network’s bare-knuckle brawling culture. His feed is filled with strongly-worded rebuttals against China’s critics in Zimbabwe, no matter if the accuser is …
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China Turns to Twitter to Negotiate Financial Assistance Dispute with Zimbabwe
Typically in a dispute like the one China’s currently having with Zimbabwe over the exact amount of aid provided by the Chinese government would be handled behind closed doors between officials from the embassy and the finance ministry. Not this time. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, …
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China Accused Zimbabwe of Undercounting Its Financial Assistance… By a Lot!
A very public rift broke out on Tuesday between China and Zimbabwe over how much financial assistance Beijing provides to Harare. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and …