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China's Controversial Trade in Africa's Natural Resources
China often faces blistering criticism for its voracious appetite of Africa's natural resources. Chinese companies are spread across the continent mining, logging and fishing to feed both hungry factories and people back home. In most, if not all, African countries, ...
The Politics of Banning Ivory in China
In February 2015, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports. While many conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency denounced Beijing's policy as "ineffective," the San Francisco-based group WildAid said is an important step in the right direction and part of a ...
China-Africa Relations: A High School Perspective
Annie Hou (侯艺筱) is a third year high school student at Fudan International School in Shanghai who recently spent several weeks in Kenya as part of a program with the Chinese corporate social responsibility NGO China House Kenya.
Chinese Companies in Africa: Is Addressing Labor Conflicts Mission Impossible?
Editorial Disclaimer: The following article was submitted by China House Kenya. The opinions and reporting in this article are those of the author not the China Global South Project. By Hou Yixiao “We have been working together for almost half a year, and they can ...
Is Chinese Corporate Behavior Improving in Africa?
The list of grievances against Chinese companies operating in Africa is long and varied, from violations of labor rights to environmental destruction to widespread allegations of corruption. Although it is hard to ...
China's Mystery Deal with the African Union
It's not really news anymore when China announces yet another massive infrastructure construction deal in Africa. Typically these deals are done at the national level so when Beijing and the African Union signed a major transport infrastructure MOU in late January it did raise ...
China Foreign Minister to Africa: 'We're Not Building an Empire'
There is a custom in Chinese diplomacy that the Foreign Minister's first overseas trip of the year always begins in Africa. This year was no exception as Wang Yi led a high-profile tour of five African states including Kenya, Sudan, the DR Congo, Cameroon ...
China in Africa: 2014 Year in Review
2014 marked another landmark year in Sino-African relations as bilateral trade between the two regions broke new records while political/diplomatic/military ties all strengthened across the board. Yet despite the tangible progress made this year, this burgeoning relationship also began to encounter some of its ...
Report: Chinese Diplomats & Officials Tied To Ivory Trade in Africa
A recent report by the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) alleges Chinese diplomats and officials are directly involved in the ivory trade in Africa. Most damaging, the EIA reports that even some members of visiting Chinese president Xi Jinxing's delegation smuggled dozens of kilos ...
China's Role in Africa's Illegal Wildlife Trade
China's seemingly insatiable demand for African wildlife is pushing dozens, and possibly hundreds of species towards extinction. While elephant and rhino poaching receive most of the attention, chimpanzees, gorillas, and pangolins are among the many other animals that are brutally captured ...
Chinese Corporations in Africa: Saints or Sinners?
"The African way of life is under attack by Chinese corporations," argues University of Technology, Sydney doctoral candidate Onjumi Okumu. The Kenya-native contends that a combination of weak governance in African mixed with no legal restraints on Chinese corporate behavior encourage PRC companies to ...
China & The Battle for Africa
Al Jazeera stands alone among the major international news channels in its regular coverage of the Chinese in Africa. In the network's latest documentary released in September 2014, veteran Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura hosts "