CGSP Podcasts
Weekly discussions with key thought leaders about China’s engagement in Africa and the Global South.
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[PODCAST] Africa Needs Infrastructure, China Wants to Build It. So What’s the Problem?
Africa faces a severe infrastructure crisis. Roads, ports, airports, hospitals and telecommunications are all needed to generate the economic growth necessary to support a population that is expected to double by 2050. But ...
[AUDIO] Here’s How China Is Changing Africa’s Future
Amid a surge of European and U.S. inward-looking nativist populism, the West's longstanding influence in Africa is in retreat. At the same time, China appears to be doubling-down on globalism with a trillion dollar bet called "
China's StarTimes Is Now One of Africa's Most Important Media Companies
The Beijing-based StarTimes Group is now one of Africa's most important media companies with 10 million subscribers across 30 countries. The pay TV company is leading the continent's transition from analog to digital television with some of the world's most ...
[AUDIO] Wolf Warriors 2: Why a China-Africa Blockbuster is Blowing Up the Box Office
Wolf Warriors 2 is the movie sensation of the summer in China, taking in over a record $630 million in box office receipts. The movie is so popular that is now the first non-Hollywood film to ever break in to the top ...
[AUDIO] Does It Make Sense for Africans to Learn to Speak Chinese?
Nairobi-based journalist Mark Kapchanga contends that it is time for Africans to learn to speak Chinese. In a provocative column published last month in the Chinese newspaper Global Times, Kapchanga warned that Africans are at risk of being on the losing end ...
China's 'Belt & Road' Trading Strategy Presents New Challenge to U.S. Influence in Africa
The implementation of China's ambitious "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) trade agenda in Africa is now fully underway. The launch of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya, the opening of the new navy base in Djibouti ...
China May Be a Lot of Things in Africa, but It’s NOT a Colonizer
One of the most durable narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that the PRC is now just the newest foreign country to colonize the continent. While the Europeans may have used brute force, according to this widely-held perception, the Chinese instead using money ...
Can the U.S. Under Donald Trump Compete With the Chinese in Africa?
With United States foreign policy in turmoil amid countless White House scandals and a demoralized State Department, Africa's role in the current U.S. foreign policy agenda remains a mystery. Not once since he took office
[AUDIO] Chinese Debt in Africa: How Much Is Too Much?
African countries are once again binging on foreign debt. Across the continent, external debt has risen sharply, by almost 50% since 2010 according to data from the World Bank, to an estimated ...
[AUDIO] The U.S. & China Spend Millions Fighting Malaria in Africa, so Why Don’t They Work Together?
Every year malaria kills 400,000 Africans, mostly toddlers under 5 years old, and costs the continent an estimated 12 billion dollars annually in lost productivity. Unlike HIV, malaria does not require sophisticated drugs or other costly treatments. In fact, the cost of treating the disease ...
[AUDIO] The UN's Role in China's African Development Agenda
For decades, the aid and development sectors in Africa have been dominated by Western countries who have channeled billions of dollars through international organizations like the World Bank, IMF and the United Nations. Today, amid anemic economic growth in the U.S. and Europe combined with ...
The Hopes and Despair of African Migrants in China
Unlike the United States and countries in Europe, China has never been regarded as a popular destination for economic migrants. Today, that is no longer the case. China’s four-decade long economic boom is now a magnet for immigrants, particularly from Africa.The