Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, left for a trip to Beijing last week amid sky-high expectations of both new deals and the significant reworking of current agreements widely seen in his country as favoring Chinese actors. None of this happened.
Instead, he returned with a fistful of non-binding MoUs to widespread dissatisfaction back home. Since then, DRC officials have worked overtime to try and spin the trip as a longer-term ...
Tag: Chinese labor practices in Africa
Chinese Workers May be Leaving Africa, But They’re Not Necessarily Returning Home Says Researcher
The two figures show the number of Chinese workers in the world and in Africa: The first graph includes the workers sent abroad by Chinese ...
Foreign Policy Elder Statesman Herman Cohen Explains Why China is “Not a Problem for the U.S.” in Africa
Former United States diplomat Herman J. Cohen is one of Washington's foreign policy elder statesmen. Ambassador Cohen served as the U.S. envoy to Gambia and Senegal in the late 1970s and then later as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the George H.W. Bush ...
Labor Abuse Allegations Against Chinese Company in Nigeria Explodes Into a Full-Blown Scandal
The Chinese factory at the center of an increasingly bitter dispute over allegations of gross abuse of its workers is pushing back against its accusers and the government. Over the weekend the Inner Galaxy Steel Company hired a law firm and opened a Twitter account, which it's ...
Amid Allegations of Extortion, Theft and Corruption, It’s Safe to Say U.S. Politicians Don’t Think Very Highly of What China’s Doing in Africa
China's presence in Africa emerged as a minor theme in a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday convened by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. The committee met to discuss U.S. counterterrorism issues in Africa and towards the end of the hearing Arizona representative Paul Gosar (R) ...
NO! China is NOT Exporting Convict Labor to Africa!!!!
15-minutes in to almost any conversation about the Chinese in Africa and the question about Chinese labor invariably comes up. "The Chinese are exporting convicts to work on construction sites," according to one of the pervasive myths, or, "Chinese companies don't hire as many ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
DRC Government Tries to Reframe Underwhelming Beijing Visit
There's a Lot About China's Ties with Madagascar You Probably Don't Know
The Chinese population on the east African island of Madagascar defies many of the poorly-informed, albeit widely-held stereotypes about Chinese migrants on the rest of the continent. First, the community in Madagascar isn't small or isolated. In fact, the Chinese population on the island ...
Chinese Companies' Labor Dilemma in Kenya
By Zhicong DENG, Legal Fellow at China House Kenya. This article was provided to CAP in partnership with the China-South Dialogue. “The workers went on a strike a few days ago with the ...