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New Research Finds That Mix and Matching Chinese Vaccines Boosts Protection Against COVID-19

Ozan KOSE / AFP
Various new studies conducted in different regions around the world are all coming to a similar conclusion that Chinese vaccines made by CanSino, Sinopharm and Sinovac can boost immunity protection when either mixed ...
by Eric Olander

China’s New Man in Somalia

China’s newly-appointed ambassador to Somalia, Fei Shangchao, presented his credentials to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on Tuesday at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Afterward, Fei and President Famaajo discussed ...
by Eric Olander

What to Expect From the Upcoming China-Africa Leaders Summit?

With the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation leaders summit now widely expected to take place sometime in November, scholars and analysts are starting to set the expectations for the outcomes of the triennial ...
by Eric Olander

Meet China’s Newest E-Commerce Live Streaming Stars: African Ambassadors

The Chinese government launched a new three-month promotional campaign leading up to the FOCAC summit to promote African goods to Chinese consumers on television and via live streaming on popular e-commerce ...
by Eric Olander

TRANSLATION: What Chinese Companies Can Learn From Indian Pharmaceutical Companies in Africa

With health issues, specifically the production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, expected to be high on the agenda at the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation leaders summit that is scheduled to take place ...
by Eric Olander

China Denounces Guinea Coup and Calls For the Immediate Release of Alpha Condé

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. Image via MOFA.
The Chinese government issued a short but pointed condemnation of this weekend’s coup in Guinea that deposed President Alpha Condé. “China opposes coup attempts to seize power,” said Foreign Ministry ...
by Eric Olander

Guinea Coup Leader Calls For Mines to Continue Operating, Chalco and Other Chinese Mining Firms Report No Disruptions

Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of the Army’s special forces and coup leader, waves to the crowd as he arrives at the Palace of the People in Conakry on September 6, 2021, ahead of a meeting with the Ministers of the Ex-President of Guinea, Alpha Conde. CELLOU BINANI / AFP
London metal traders will be keeping a close eye on the price of aluminum today after it moved higher on Monday following this weekend’s coup in Guinea, one of the world’s largest producers ...
by Eric Olander

Why What Happens in Guinea Matters to China

Guinea may be small and far away, but what happens there is critically important to metals manufacturers in China who depend on key ingredients from this West African country to produce huge quantities ...
by Eric Olander

Don’t Worry About the Debt, Assures Kenya’s Treasury Minister as Millions Flow Back to China

Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary in the Treasury, Ukur Yatani defended the government’s recent borrowing spree and urged citizens not to worry about debt since the government has a repayment plan. “If you want fast development ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Vaccine Shipments to Africa Lag Far Behind Asia and Latin America

China shipped just 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines last week, according to the latest data from the Bridge Beijing Vaccine Tracker Report, highlighting how the continent is falling behind other ...
by Eric Olander

People’s Daily Launches Kiswahili Language Website

Front page of the new People's Daily Kiswahili language website.
The People’s Daily, China’s largest and arguably most important state-run media outlet, launched three new online sites last week including one in Kiswahili, a language spoken widely throughout East Africa. The new site ...
by Eric Olander

News24: South African Intelligence Concerned ANC MP Xiaomei Havard is Sharing Secrets With China

South Africa’s State Security Agency, the country’s intelligence service, has concluded there is a “high likelihood” that ANC MP Xiaomei Havard (张晓梅) may be passing on classified information to the Chinese Communist Party, 
by Eric Olander

Hichilema Acknowledges Zambia’s Debt “Hole” is Bigger Than He Thought

Newly-elected President Hakainde Hichilema’s brief honeymoon with the international financial community may have come to an end on Wednesday when he publicly acknowledged what’s long been suspected: that Zambia’s hidden debts are far ...
by Eric Olander

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Chinese EV Battery Makers Push New Cobalt-Free Power Packs

SVOLT's new cobalt-free battery on display at the 2021 Chengdu Motor Show in Szechuan, China.
Two seemingly contradictory trends are underway in China’s electric vehicle battery market. On the one hand, there’s a greater push to import ever-larger quantities of cobalt from the Democratic Republic ...
by Eric Olander

Mnangagwa: “We Are Not Worried About Those Who Get Angry Because China Has Helped Us.”

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa toured the construction site of the new Robert Mugabe International Airport expansion in Harare on Wednesday. The expansion is being financed and built by China. After the ...
by Eric Olander

Thanks to a “Partnership” With China, President Kenyatta Breaks Ground For New Military Hospital

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta leading a ground breaking ceremony for a new military hospital in Nairobi. Image via the State House.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta had a photo op atop a heavy earth mover on Wednesday at the Kabete Military Barracks in Nairobi to break ground on a massive new state-of-the-art military hospital ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Beverage Brand Gante Thinks African Basketball Fans Will Want to Buy Its “Hundred Year Old” Bottled Water

Uganda upset Nigeria on Wednesday to move on to the quarterfinals of the AfroBasket 2021 tournament in Kigali… equally interesting, though, at the game were ads for the Chinese beverage ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Government Also Investigating Allegations of Environmental Abuse by 6 Chinese Mining Companies in DRC’s South Kivu

The six Chinese companies that are now under investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for environmental violations in eastern South Kivu province have also caught the attention of the Chinese government. ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Mobile Phone Brands Lead Africa’s Mobile Phone Market Rebound

Chinese mobile phone brands led by Shenzhen-based Transsion hold firm to their places as the unrivaled market leaders in Africa’s mobile phone market, according to second-quarter data from the technology ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Oil Buyers Have a Renewed Appetite for Angola Crude

After a quiet past few months when oil prices slid from the once heady highs, Chinese refiners are showing signs of increased demand for Angolan crude. Traders in Asia and Europe told Reuters ...
by Eric Olander

Even Amid a Pandemic, Chinese FDI in Africa Jumped Almost 10% Last Year

Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa increased by 8% in 2020 compared to the previous year, from $2.7 billion to $2.96 billion. Including the 2020 investments, the total Chinese FDI on the continent ...
by Eric Olander

Now That Chinese-Owned OPay Has Become Africa’s Third Tech Unicorn, the Magnitude of What Happened Last Week is Starting to Settle In

When the Chinese-owned African mobile money app OPay wrapped up a massive $400 million investment round led by Japan’s Softbank and a who’s who of Chinese venture capital firms, the magnitude of what ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Vaccines Trickle Into Africa at a Slow, Steady Pace But Hardly Enough to Make a Big Impact

Chinese vaccine shipments to Africa increased by 2.4 million since last week to 56.3 million total doses delivered to date. As of this week, Africa accounts for just 8% of China’s total global ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Ambassador to South Africa is Putting Himself in the Middle of the COVID Origin Dispute With the U.S.

China’s ambassador to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, is emerging as a key voice in the bitter dispute with the United States over the origins of COVID-19. The ambassador has steadily escalated his critiques ...
by Eric Olander

Meet Zhou Aile, An Aspiring Chinese Social Media Star From Gabon

Zhou Aile, or Paula as she’s known back home in Gabon, first moved to China 13 years ago to study Mandarin. Since then, Zhou, like other ambitious young African expats, has been working ...
by Eric Olander

The DR Congo Government Now Has Sicomines in its Sights as the Investigation Into Chinese Mining Contracts Advances

DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi standing next to Sicomines Director-General Li Sheng during a visit to the Chinese joint venture mining company in May. Photo via Xinhua.
The Congolese government started its review of Chinese mining contracts trying to land a big fish, by launching a commission to investigate China Molybdenum’s massive Tenke Fungurume (TFM) cobalt and copper mine in ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Ambassador to the DRC Tries to Calm Tensions in Meeting With Mining Minister

Chinese ambassador Zhu Jing meeting with DR Congo Minister of Mines N'samba Kalambayi. Image via Chinese embassy in DRC.
Chinese ambassador to the DR Congo, Zhu Jing, paid a visit on Friday to Minister of Mines N’samba Kalambayi in an effort to calm rising tensions over videos depicting 
by Eric Olander

In Characteristically Bombastic Fashion, PRC Embassy Says Chinese Companies in the DRC Are the Victims of “Rumors and Slander”

TWEET TRANSLATION: We support Chinese companies to defend their rights and legitimate interests in accordance with Congolese law. In Sino-Congolese friendly cooperation, there is no room for lies, defamation, and demonization.
The Chinese embassy in Kinshasa rallied to the defense of its embattled mining companies in the DRC, blaming recent controversies on “individuals who have fabricated stories and spread false information to attack and ...
by Eric Olander
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