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Experts React to China’s New Green BRI Guidelines

The Chinese government is trying to make the Belt and Road Initiative greener, with a new set of guidelines for overseas projects released last week by the powerful National Development and ...
by Cobus van Staden

China’s Australia Tensions a Win for South African Wines 

File image of South African wine. JENNIFER BRUCE / AFP
South Africa doubled its exports of wine to China last year, following the souring of relations between Beijing and its biggest wine seller, Australia. While we’ve seen sporadic reports of how ...
by Cobus van Staden

Solomon Islands Claps Back at Australia for China Pressure

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare addressing parliament about the government's new security partnership with China.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare hit out at critics of the Pacific Island nation’s recent security deal with China. The contract of the deal was recently ...
by Cobus van Staden

A Glimpse Into Communist Party Outreach to Africa

Image via CCTV.
Leaders of 17 political parties from 16 African countries participated in a video conference on Tuesday hosted by the Communist Party of China (CPC). While the theme “Modernization in line ...
by Cobus van Staden

China Moly Back in Control of the Massive TFM Mine in the DR Congo

In a surprising reversal, the office of Congolese Prime Minister Sama Lukonde issued a statement late Monday night that suspended all legal proceedings against mining giant China Molybdenum (China Moly) and paves the way ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese-backed Asia-Africa-European Undersea Cable Makes Landfall in Kenya

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications Joe Mucheru (left) marked the arrival of the PEACE undersea cable in Mombasa. Image via @MoICTKenya.
Kenya’s ICT minister Joe Mucheru gleefully welcomed the arrival of the 15,000-kilometer PEACE (Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe) undersea cable when it came ashore in the port ...
by Eric Olander

Huawei’s Mideast-Africa Cloud Summit Wraps Up in UAE With a Warning From South Africa: Fix Your Employment Issues or Else…

The Huawei Cloud Summit for Middle East & Africa held in Dubai in March 2022. Image via Huawei.
The head of South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency, Luvuyo Keyise, made it clear on Tuesday that Huawei had better start hiring more local employees if it wants to continue doing business ...
by Eric Olander

Blinken’s Visit to Algeria Highlights North Africa’s Heightened Geopolitical Importance

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, at the Foreign Ministry in Rabat, Morocco, on March 29, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin / POOL / AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (photo) will cross the border from Morocco to Algeria on Wednesday where he’s to meet with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. And the fact that this is the ...
by Eric Olander

China Calls Out European Racism Against Non-White Refugees While at the Same Time Displaying a Bit of Chutzpah of Its Own

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin criticized this week the blatant racism that’s been on display in Eastern European countries that have warmly welcomed millions of white Ukrainian refugees crossing the ...
by Eric Olander

China’s State Banks Extended No New Loans to Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year

For the second year in a row, Chinese policy banks (China Exim Bank and China Development Bank) extended no new loans to governments or state-owned enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). 
by Cobus van Staden

China’s Influence a Key Theme of Senate Armed Services Committee Testimony on Latin America and the Caribbean

U.S. Army General Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Image via the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.
Threats from China are emerging as a common theme across different U.S. Commands at the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearings. The issue of China’s influence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) 
by Cobus van Staden

New Guidelines Puts Green Development at the Heart of the BRI

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the most powerful state body overseeing economic planning, released a new set of guidelines on Monday that will shape the Belt and Road Initiative over the ...
by Cobus van Staden

Global Times Claps Back at Japan’s ‘Debt Trap’ Allegations

China’s government-owned nationalist tabloid Global Times has hit back at comments by Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (photo) that Japan will help developing countries out of China’s ‘debt traps.’ GT ...
by Cobus van Staden

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...

Kenyan Professor Explains Why China, Not the West, Became Nairobi’s Creditor of Choice

United States International University-Africa political science lecturer and leading Africa-China expert Elijah Munyi appeared on the popular Kenyan radio station Spice FM to discuss Sino-Kenyan relations. Image via Spice FM.
When Kenya embarked on its national infrastructure development agenda back in the early 2000s, policymakers didn’t have a lot of options when it came to financing. Traditional lenders weren’t interested and the cost ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Minmetals Doubles Down on DRC Cobalt

File image of the Kinsevere cobalt and copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The lure of greater access to the DR Congo’s vast copper and cobalt reserves is drawing more Chinese mining companies to expand their investments in the country. Mining giant Minmetals Resources on Monday ...
by Cobus van Staden

A Sixth Chinese Ambassador in Africa Says Farewell

China's outgoing ambassador to Algeria Li Lian met with Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abderrahmane in Algiers. Image via @pm_gov_dz.
Li Lianhe, China’s ambassador to Algeria, is the sixth Chinese ambassador wrapping up his tour of duty to Africa. He joins his colleagues in Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Namibia, and Gabon ...
by Cobus van Staden

China’s Mideast Special Envoy Visits Morocco in the Latest Stop of His Low-Key Regional Tour

China's Special Envoy for the Middle East, Zhai Jun, meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourtia. Image via the Moroccan Foreign Ministry.
China’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun (left), traveled from Khartoum to Rabat late last week where he held talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourtia (right) in what ...
by Eric Olander

Foreign Intervention is the Root Cause of Conflict in the Horn of Africa Says China’s Special Envoy

Image via NTV Uganda.
Foreign intervention more than anything else is to blame for the current instability in the Horn of Africa (HoA), according to Xue Bing, China’s Special Envoy for the region.
by Eric Olander

China Rallies Countries in Africa and Other Developing Regions to Bolster Its Position on Ukraine War

China is leaning heavily into its ties among developing countries to build support for its stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which Beijing feels is a proxy issue for Western militarism. The issue ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Ambassador to the African Union Among the Growing Number of Chinese Envoys Rotating Out of Their Posts

China’s ambassador to the African Union, Liu Yuxi, is among the unusually large number of Chinese envoys on the continent who are rotating out of their posts this month.  Liu ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese COVID Vaccine Deliveries Around the World Have Essentially Stopped

Image via Bridge Consulting.
China’s once enormous global COVID vaccine distribution drive has effectively come to a halt this year, according to new data published by the public health consultancy Bridge Consulting in Beijing. ...
by Eric Olander

Frozen Imported Chinese Fish Being Passed Off as Fresh Catch in Kenya

Image via The Standard.
Unsuspecting shoppers at the fish markets in the western Kenyan city of Kisumu on Lake Victoria have been buying frozen imported fish from China that’s being passed off by unscrupulous vendors as fresh ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Special Mideast Envoy Meets With Sudan Leader

Zhai Jun, China’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, meeting with Sudanese Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in Khartoum.
Zhai Jun, China’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, met on Tuesday with the head of Sudan’s army and the leader of the October 25 military coup that plunged the country into crisis, ...
by Eric Olander

U.S. and Chinese Special Envoy Visits Raise Great Power Questions in Horn of Africa 

China's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing (left) with Ugandan Foreign Minister Oryem Okello and Ambassador Zhang Lizhong.
Xue Bing, China’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, is winding down his visit to the region with a two-day stop in Uganda, after visiting Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya. His last ...
by Cobus van Staden

Russia Shores Up BRICS Support on Ukraine

Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (second from the left) hosts ambassadors from China, South Africa, Brazil and India. Image via the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo, second from left) met with ambassadors of the BRICS countries earlier this week to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting formed part of Moscow’s campaign to characterize the ...
by Cobus van Staden

Four Different Chinese Ambassadors are Moving On

An unusually large number of Chinese ambassadors announced this week they will be leaving their posts in at least four African countries. It’s just a coincidence that so many are happening at once ...
by Eric Olander

The Increasing Closeness Between China and Somalia Raises Questions for U.S.

Somali Foreign Minister Abisaid Muse Ali meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi opn the sidelines of the OIC in Pakistan. Image via @MinisterMOFA.
Somalia is emerging as a focus for China, following a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Somali counterpart Abisaid Muse Ali on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting ...
by Eric Olander

If You Want to Read Bad Things About China’s Engagement in Africa, You’ll Enjoy the Hoover Institution’s New Handbook

The conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University spent several months working with thirty civil society organizations from 24 African countries to produce a new handbook that is purportedly intended to help policymakers better ...
by Eric Olander
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