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The U.S. or China: South Africa May Soon Have to Choose
There is mounting evidence that indicates the United States government may force South Africa to make a once-unthinkable choice: it's either the U.S. or China, but it can't be both. The president addressed the issue this week and said, "the South Africa ...
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Homecoming: The Journey of China-Trained African Professionals
By Pamela Carslake China has emerged as a leading destination for African students, attracting a growing number of Africans seeking diverse educational and training opportunities. The Chinese government's initiatives, including the pledge to provide 50,000 scholarships in 2018 and 60,000 training ...
Chile’s Biggest Steelworks Sunk by Cheap Chinese Imports
By Paulina Abramovich It's the end of an era: after 74 years the blast furnace at Chile's biggest steelmaker will be turned off on Monday, snuffed out by competition from China with the loss of thousands of jobs. ...
Can China Help Africa Become the Next Factory of the World?
For decades, African governments have tried to lure Chinese manufacturing companies to set up factories in their countries with the promise of an abundant supply of low-cost labor. Other than a few high-profile companies, Chinese companies, for the most part, have ...
Kenya’s Artisans Decry Chinese Imports
Artisanal craftspeople in Kenya are complaining that they’re being edged out by cheap Chinese imports. The national broadcaster KTN’s report comes as Kenya tries to deal with its massive Chinese trade imbalance. Trade numbers show the country imported about $4 billion worth of goods from ...
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One upon arrival in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Saturday with a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the region, from organized crime to illegal immigration. The "Shield of the Americas" summit also aims to serve Washington by boosting U.S. interests ...
The U.S. or China: South Africa May Soon Have to Choose
There is mounting evidence that indicates the United States government may force South Africa to make a once-unthinkable choice: it's either the U.S. or China, but it can't be both. The president addressed the issue this week and said, "the South Africa ...
Homecoming: The Journey of China-Trained African Professionals
By Pamela Carslake China has emerged as a leading destination for African students, attracting a growing number of Africans seeking diverse educational and training opportunities. The Chinese government's initiatives, including the pledge to provide 50,000 scholarships in 2018 and 60,000 training ...
Chile’s Biggest Steelworks Sunk by Cheap Chinese Imports
By Paulina Abramovich It's the end of an era: after 74 years the blast furnace at Chile's biggest steelmaker will be turned off on Monday, snuffed out by competition from China with the loss of thousands of jobs. ...
Can China Help Africa Become the Next Factory of the World?
For decades, African governments have tried to lure Chinese manufacturing companies to set up factories in their countries with the promise of an abundant supply of low-cost labor. Other than a few high-profile companies, Chinese companies, for the most part, have ...
Kenya’s Artisans Decry Chinese Imports
Artisanal craftspeople in Kenya are complaining that they’re being edged out by cheap Chinese imports. The national broadcaster KTN’s report comes as Kenya tries to deal with its massive Chinese trade imbalance. Trade numbers show the country imported about $4 billion worth of goods from ...
Column Appears in Pro-China Newspaper in South Africa to Make the Case for Huawei
The Editor in Chief of the South African edition of the U.S. tech-business magazine Fast Company, Wesley Diphoko, rallied to the defense of Chinese networking giant Huawei in a column published in the pro-Chinese news outlet Independent Online. ...
The South African Government is Making Huawei an Example
The South African Department of Labor’s decision to sue the local subsidiary of the Chinese mobile technology giant Huawei for hiring too many foreign workers could signal a wider crackdown on foreign firms. This comes as the country’s unemployment rate soars and pressure to allocate ...
Young Djiboutian China Expert Uses Twitter to Try and Get the Finance Minister’s Attention For a Job
When Djibouti Finance Minister Ilyas Dawaleh tweeted this week about a meeting with Chinese ambassador Hu Bin to discuss the upcoming FOCAC summit, Charmarke Abdoulkader Hadji thought this might be a good way to get the minister's attention and ask for a job. ...
A Kenyan MP Reflects On What Achieving Real “Win-Win” Ties With China Will Take
With the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit coming up next month in Dakar, there's growing public discussion about how African stakeholders can achieve a more equitable arrangement with China. There's a sense in many quarters, that two decades into China's ...
An Agricultural Trade Comparison of Africa’s Development Partners: How Does China Measure Up?
Agriculture remains the backbone of many African economies since it accounts for approximately 60% of all employment, a main earner of foreign exchange, source of both savings and tax revenues and accounts for around 40% of the continent’s hard currency. The agricultural sector is the main source ...
Why Agricultural Cooperation Needs To Be High on the Agenda at Next Year’s China-Africa Summit
In less than a year, the 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit will take place in Senegal. Ever since the first FOCAC Ministerial Conference held in Beijing in 2000, this triennial Summit has been gradually institutionalized as a platform for bilateral and multilateral dialogues to shape ...
Professor Carlos Oya: How Can Chinese Companies Create More and Better Jobs for Africans?
University of London Professor Carlos Oya is among the world's leading scholars on Chinese labor practices in Africa. Last July, he published a ground-breaking report that challenged widely-held perceptions about the quantity of Chinese imported labor in Ethiopia and Angola (90% of workers on Chinese ...