The China in Africa Podcast
A lively discussion about all aspects of Chinese engagement in Africa.
In the Battle for Influence in Africa, China Turns to Agriculture
Xie Yajing is among the legions of faceless Chinese officials who are little known outside of their own bureaucracies. Despite his prominence as a senior Chinese commercial counselor for Africa and West Asia, not a single image of Xie appears in ...
China in Africa: Understanding the “Negative Narrative”
In this edition of the China in Africa podcast, host Eric Olander talks with Washington, D.C.-based writer and journalist Te-Ping Chen. Chen is an editor for change.org where she writes extensively on sustainability and social entrepreneurship in the developing world. In a recent post on
The Chinese in Kinshasa
https://soundcloud.com/chinatalkingpoints/the-chinese-in-kinshasa In this edition of the “China in Africa” podcast, host Eric Olander speaks with Kinshasa-native and veteran Congolese television producer Tunga “Mimi” Mbia about the remarkable growth of the city’s ...
The Coming Sino-African Revolution
In this edition of the “China in Africa” podcast, Johannesburg-based blogger and academic Charlie Pistorius says the debate over whether Chinese investment in Africa is either good or bad is entirely irrelevant. Instead, one should evaluate the substantive outcome of China’s policies which will invariably produce a far more nuanced perspective. In a pair of ...
U.S. vs. Chinese Approaches to Aid in Africa
The idea for this new podcast series was born from the constant frustration of talking with Western “development experts,” diplomats and aid workers in Africa. In every instance, Westerners were either strikingly ignorant of Chinese engagement there or summarily dismissed the Chinese presence in Africa as “counter productive” because China ...