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Scholar: There’s a Huge Difference Between Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and China

Hong Kong-based scholar Roberto Castillo is one of the world’s foremost experts on the African diaspora in China and Chinese-Black race relations. Lately, he’s become increasingly frustrated by the false ...
by Eric Olander

A Lot of People Mistakenly Think China Suspended Bilateral Debt Repayments in Africa. They Didn’t.

China’s recently published COVID-19 white paper was intended to clear up confusion about Beijing’s efforts to contain the outbreak and what it’s doing to support other countries, including economic assistance. And ...
by Eric Olander

No Quick Fix Ahead For Chinese Debt Relief in Africa Warns Brookings Scholar Yun Sun

It’s been a challenge to follow the progress of China’s debt relief negotiations in Africa, since neither side seems willing to reveal much about the ongoing talks. But several months into the current ...
by Eric Olander

In Almost Every Story About China-Africa, Global Times Makes Sure to Slip in a Dig at the United States

The Global Times newspaper has long played the role of China’s most outspoken anti-U.S. media outlet — both with its editorial content and its fiery Editor in Chief, Hi Xijin, ...
by Eric Olander

While the CCP is Viewed With Skepticism in the U.S. and EU, That’s Definitely Not the Case in Parts of Africa

Although China’s ties with African civil society stakeholders have frayed considerably in recent months due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, debt-related issues and, most notably, the lasting bitter taste over what happened in ...
by Eric Olander

African Leaders Plead For Faster Debt Relief at International Summit

A virtual summit for the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta used his opening speech at a virtual leaders summit of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to plead for more debt relief, ...
by Eric Olander

Once Angola Renegotiates its Debts, There May Not be Much Money Left Over For Anything Else

Nathan Hayes, an Africa analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit in London, highlights Angola’s dilemma in the ongoing talks to restructure its debts. With the price of oil so low due to the ...
by Eric Olander

China Says It’ll Work With Angola on G20 Debt Relief, But Remains Vague About Status of Bilateral Loans

File photo: Angola's President Joao Lourenco (R) walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit to Beijing on October 9, 2018. GREG BAKER / AFP
The Chinese government on Wednesday reaffirmed its position that it will cooperate with the G20’s ongoing debt relief initiative in Africa but refused to provide any specific details about how Beijing ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Miltary Donates COVID-19 Supplies to the Rwandan Military

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army cargo plane landed Wednesday to deliver $300,000 worth of COVID-19 PPE and other medical supplies. The PLA donated the material to their counterparts in the Rwandan Defense Force.  ...
by Eric Olander

Not a Day Goes by That Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian Doesn’t Talk About COVID-19 Aid to Africa

Regular readers of this newsletter may have noticed a new trend. In recent weeks, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian has mentioned Beijing’s COVID-19 medical relief to Africa in almost every ...
by Eric Olander

Rwanda Attempts to Debunk Fake News Reports That it Deported 18 Chinese Nationals

Rwanda’s foreign ministry is attempting to quell fake news reports now circulating widely online that claim President Paul Kagame deported 18 Chinese nationals for allegedly mistreating local workers. It’s noteworthy that ...
by Eric Olander

Amid an Unprecedented Debt Crisis, Nigeria’s House of Reps Approves $23 Billion of New Loans — Mostly From China

The Nigerian House of Representatives. Image via @HouseNGR.
Nigeria’s House of Representatives approved a request by President Mohammadu Buhari to borrow an additional $22.7 billion from international creditors.  Tuesday’s House vote follows earlier approval by the Senate.
by Eric Olander

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Summons U.S. Ambassador to Explain O’Brien’s Comments

Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (right) speaking with U.S. Ambassador Brian Nichols (left). Photo via @MinisterSBMoyo.
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo was not amused by U.S. National Security Council Robert O’Brien’s accusation that Harare, together with China, is a “foreign adversary” of the United States and working ...
by Eric Olander

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Eye-Rolling Through the Apocalypse

November’s COP30 gathering in Belém, Brazil, marks three decades since COP1 in Berlin in 1995, and raises a sobering reminder of how deep we’ve sunk into a climate morass of our own making amid non-stop warnings. The evacuation of millions of people and the deaths of at least seventeen due to Typhoon Ragasa’s rampage through the Philippines, Taiwan, and China couldn’t have been more pointedly timed as U.S. and Chinese ...

No One’s Really Sure Why the U.S. National Security Adviser Accused Zimbabwe of Stoking Unrest in the Ongoing Protests

Journalists and foreign policy analysts are scratching their heads as to why U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien lumped together Zimbabwe with China as “foreign adversaries” who are using social media to stoke ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Officials Are Apparently Embracing #BlackLivesMatter

After the past two months of anti-Chinese rage on African social media that came in response to the highly visible poor treatment of Africans in Guangzhou back in April, there’s a certain irony ...
by Eric Olander

Just a Month Ago China Was Blamed for Anti-Black Discrimination, Now Beijing Rallies Behind Africa to Protest Against Racism in the U.S.

The Chinese government is steadily escalating its criticism of the United States over the ongoing protests against police brutality that are now taking place in dozens of cities across the U.S. While Chinese ...
by Eric Olander

While Kenyan Parents Worry About Their Kids’ Schooling During Lockdown, the Country’s Education Head Thinks This is a Good Time Talk About Everyone Learning Chinese

The topic of Mandarin language instruction is extremely sensitive in Kenya even during good times, so you can imagine the reaction that Education Chief Secretary George Magoha received this weekend when he hinted ...
by Eric Olander

Georgetown’s Ken Ochieng’ Opalo is the Latest Scholar to Discredit the “Chinese Debt Trap” Theory in Africa

Comparisons between Chinese and World Bank concessional lending around the world. Graphic via the Center for Global Development.
Georgetown University Assistant Professor Ken Ochieng’ Opalo published a blog post on his personal site this weekend that aimed to debunk the widely-held perception in Washington that China ...
by Eric Olander

Ramaphosa: China to Increase PPE Shipments to Africa and Deploy New Centralized Distribution Hub

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking to news editors in a virtual conference.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that all African countries will be able to procure COVID-19 medical supplies shipped from China through a new central gateway. “What we are now doing, is ...
by Eric Olander

Global Times Just Comes Out and Says It: Africa Should Abandon Democracy and Follow China’s Development Model Instead

Over the years, China has actively promoted its party-led governance model in Africa over more pluralistic forms of government common in the U.S. and Europe. But, for the most part, they’ve kept that ...
by Eric Olander

Tweet of the Day: Kenyan Economist David Ndii Highlights One of the Most Important Challenges in the Current China-Africa Relationship

Popular Kenyan economist David Ndii gave voice today to a widely-held perception among large swathes of African civil society that Chinese interests are much more aligned with the continent’s governing elites than with ...
by Eric Olander

2+ Months Into the COVID-19 Economic Crisis in Africa and Still No Word on Debt Relief

Residents of the Olievenhoutbosch township in Centurion, queue on May 2, 2020 during a food distributions organised by the South African non profit charity Mahlasedi Foundation. 30 000 households in the township have been provided with 2200 tons of dry food, sanitisers and masks. MARCO LONGARI / AFP
It’s been more than two months since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned in a letter to G20 leaders that African countries face an “existential threat” from the economic ...
by Eric Olander

With All Suspects Now in Custody, Zambian Authorities Begin Investigation Into Sunday’s Murder of Three Chinese Nationals

Zambian police on Wednesday arrested the third and final suspect accused of murdering three Chinese nationals last weekend at their clothing factory in the Makeni, a suburb of the capital Lusaka. Home Affairs Minister ...
by Eric Olander

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa Apologizes for Crackdown on Local Chinese Businesses and for Using Derogatory Language

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa issued a public apology on Wednesday for his recent crackdown on Chinese merchants in the city and for using the derogatory word “Chinaman” alleging that he was unaware it’s ...
by Eric Olander

Skepticism About The Heritage Foundation’s Recent Report on Alleged Chinese Spying in Africa

China’s political attaché at its embassy in Lesotho echoed doubts raised by journalism fellow Thuso Mosabala about the lack of on-the-record sourcing in The Heritage Foundation’s recent report “Government ...
by Eric Olander

Video: Chinese COVID-19 Aid and Medical Teams Are Becoming Increasingly Visible in Africa

The video team at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong assembled a short overview of the increasingly visible Chinese medical team deployments and COVID-19 donations across Africa.
by Eric Olander

Chinese Commerce Ministry Researcher Offers Vague Clues About How China May Approach Debt Relief in Africa

Chinese officials have offered no specifics as to how they plan to renegotiate the terms of their $152 billion loan portfolio in Africa. Other than a few general statements from 
by Eric Olander

As Enthusiasm in Africa For the G20’s Debt Relief Plan Fades, Attention Turns to What China Will do

The G20 and Paris Club debt relief proposal for Africa is encountering headwinds as a more and more countries are becoming increasingly wary of the terms of the deal. The key sticking point ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Workers in Angola Stage Protest to Go Home

University of London PhD candidate Hangwei Li shared an image of a small group of Chinese workers protesting outside of the Chinese embassy in Angola where they called on the government ...
by Eric Olander
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