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Beijing gave its blessing on Wednesday to the new creditors committee that China’s co-chairing with France to overhaul Ethiopia’s $30 billion debt. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China Signals Its Approval of Ethiopian Debt Restructuring Talks appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/30/china-signals-its-approval-of-ethiopian-debt-restructuring-talks/

For the first time, the DR Congo took delivery of a donation of Chinese-made vaccines. A shipment of 400,000 doses of Sinovac and an equal number of syringes arrived on Wednesday at the capital’s N’djili Airport. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post DR Congo Receives First Shipment of Chinese COVID Vaccines appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/30/dr-congo-receives-first-shipment-of-chinese-covid-vaccines/

A growing number of governments that initially relied on vaccines from China are now reportedly turning to U.S. and European suppliers for more advanced mRNA shots. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Vaccine Exports Drop Sharply in August as More Countries Opt for mRNA Jabs appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/30/chinese-vaccine-exports-drop-sharply-in-august-as-more-countries-opt-for-mrna-jabs/

China needs to overcome the language barrier and do a better job of its story in Africa,  said Beijing’s top diplomat for the continent in a keynote address last week at the World Internet Conference in the Zhejiang city of Wuzhen . “One of our biggest difficulties in international communication is language,” he told attendees at the conference. “Because we now live in the age of social media, if China can’t tell stories in other peoples’ languages then they’ll just reach a smaller audience.” Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More Th

Thanks to direct flights and a streamlined visa approval process, visitors from China were among the fastest-growing segment in South Africa’s tourism market. At least, that was before the COVID-19 outbreak. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post South Africa is Training More Tour Guides to Speak Chinese appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/30/south-africa-is-training-more-tour-guides-to-speak-chinese/

There is growing frustration among Chinese stakeholders over the way that Chinese mining companies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been depicted in the ongoing review of foreign mining contracts by the government in Kinshasa. The editors at the Global Mining (世界矿业) WeChat channel summarized the anxiety that’s been spreading throughout the Chinese mining community, particularly in response to the recent release of a draft report by a prominent international NGO about the Sicomines deal. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More

Developing countries along China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) owe nearly $400 billion in so-called “hidden debts,” according to a landmark new study published on Wednesday from AidData researchers at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post New Research Reveals China’s BRI Riddled With Corruption, Labor Problems and Billions in “Hidden Debts” appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/new-research-reveals-chinas-bri-riddle

It looks like the U.S.-led Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative that was announced at the G7 summit in Cornwall, England earlier this summer is moving forward and Latin America is going to be the first region where Washington aims to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Looks Like Latin America Will Be the First Place Where B3W Will Take on China’s BRI appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/looks-like-latin-america-wi

China is increasingly turning to Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to pursue its geopolitical agenda and promote alternate norms of global governance,  according to a new report published on Wednesday by the London-based Overseas Development Institute. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post New Report Examines China’s Expanding Role in Multilateral Development Banks appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/new-report-examines-chinas-expanding-role-in-multilateral-d

While DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has said that he wants to review foreign (mostly Chinese) mining contracts to ensure they’re more equitable, he hasn’t provided any specific explanation for why he’s choosing to do so now. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post This Chart Explains Why DRC President Tshisekedi Wants to Renegotiate Those Chinese Mining Contracts appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/this-chart-explains-why-drc-president-tshisekedi-wants-to-ren

The DR Congo’s equivalent of the presidential cabinet, the Council of Ministers, has been tasked to create a commission to investigate “major legal, technical and financial problems observed in the collaboration agreement” of the $6 billion Sicomines deal between Congo’s state mining company and a consortium of Chinese state-owned enterprises. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post DRC Cabinet Tasked to Deliver Report on Sicomines in Two Weeks appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Hunan province  launched a new cross-border China-Africa currency center on Tuesday  to facilitate transactions between Chinese yuan and six African currencies including the Kenyan shilling, Nigerian naira, Botswanan pula, Ghanaian sedi, and the Zambian kwacha. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post ICBC Launches New China-Africa Currency Center in Hunan appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/icbc-launches-new-chi

A big part of Chinese trade expos, like the one that’s taking place this week in Hunan, is the opportunity to sell stuff… lots and lots of stuff. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Check Out What Exhibitors Are Selling at This Year’s China-Africa Trade Expo in Hunan appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/29/check-out-what-exhibitors-are-selling-at-this-years-china-africa-trade-expo-in-hunan/

A fierce debate  broke out this week in Ghana  over the status of the 2018 bauxite-for-infrastructure deal with China and the fact that three years later, not a single road has been built. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Three Years Since Ghana Signed That Big Bauxite-For-Infrastructure Deal With China and Not One Road Has Been Built Yet appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/28/three-years-since-ghana-signed-that-big-bauxite-for-infrastructure-deal-with-china-an

In the last few weeks, we have witnessed heightened campaigns against illegal mining activities associated with Chinese companies in the Congolese provinces of Ituri and South Kivu. Several  Chinese miners were arrested in the far Eastern Ituri province , where it is believed that an unknown number of Chinese migrants and companies are operating illegally. In South Kivu province, the governor  banned six small-scale Chinese-owned companies operating illegally . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post What Can the DRC Learn Fr

Chinese sources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are challenging reports first published by  human rights activist Géorges Kapiamba  that Wang Haifang, a Chinese national, was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $500,000 for insulting the Minister of Mines Antoinette N’samba. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Sources Refute Story That a Chinese National Was Jailed For Insulting the DR Congo’s Mining Minister appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/202

Ford chief executive Jim Farley said the cost of electric vehicles remains too high, in part because of the cost of importing key raw materials like cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and relying on batteries made in China. Instead, Farley called for both to be sourced closer to home. “We have to bring battery production here, but the supply chain has to go all the way to the mines,”  he said in an interview with The Detroit News . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Ford’s CEO is Unhappy with China and the

China’s total vaccine shipments to Africa now total 61.9 million doses (both sold and donated) with more shipments going to sub-Saharan countries including deliveries of more than a million jabs each to Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Slowly, More Chinese COVID Vaccines Are Landing in Sub-Saharan Africa appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/28/slowly-more-chinese-covid-vaccines-are-landing-in-sub-saharan-africa/

Two Congolese ministers delivered a largely upbeat assessment of the status of Chinese infrastructure projects tied to major mining contracts  in a key report for President Félix Tshisekedi at the latest cabinet meeting on Friday . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Congolese Ministers Deliver Mostly Favorable Report to President on Chinese Infrastructure appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/congolese-ministers-deliver-mostly-favorable-report-to-president-on-ch

Senior U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden, were surprisingly averse to meeting with African heads of state who were in the United States last week for the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Tshisekedi Was the Only African Head of State That Got an Audience With Blinken, China Not on the Agenda appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/tshisekedi-was-the-only-african-head-of-state-that-got-an-audience-

So far, shock waves from  the massive implosion of the $305 billion property development group China Evergrande  have not been felt abroad, but that could soon change if the crisis forces Beijing to retrench, warned a leading Peking Univesity finance professor. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Prominent Peking U Finance Professor Warns Evergrande Crisis Could Impact China’s Raw Material Suppliers appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/prominent-peking-u-finance

Telecom giant Huawei is now the latest Chinese company to be embroiled in controversy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company is to appear again in the Gombe Commercial Court in Kinshasa to settle a bitter feud regarding  a 2018 judgment against the company for $105 million for allegedly failing to build a promised telecom network .  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Now It’s Huawei That’s in Trouble in the DR Congo appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (photo) was the keynote speaker on Sunday at the kick-off of the four-day China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha.  The expo was also attended by China’s most senior foreign policy official, Yang Jiechi , who formally opened the event. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China-Africa Trade Fair Gets Underway in the Central Chinese Province of Hunan appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/china-a

The China-Africa trade expo that’s now underway in the central Chinese province of Hunan provides a unique opportunity for African exporters of finished goods to meet directly with Chinese buyers,  said Hannah Ryder, CEO of Development Reimagined, in an interview this weekend with Chinese state-broadcaster CGTN . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Hannah Ryder Explains Why the China-Africa Trade Expo is Important appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/hannah-ryde

The Chinese government published  a lengthy 108-page report on Saturday  that details the current state of economic and trade ties with Africa. The timing of the report’s release was intended to coincide with the opening of the China-Africa Trade Expo that began in Changsha on Sunday. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post By the Numbers: New Report Breaks Down Current State of China-Africa Trade and Economic Ties appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/by-the-numbers

The Secretary of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement Party, Richard Todwong,  took part in a seminar on Saturday organized by the Chinese Communist Party  that is part of a broader effort by the CCP to further strengthen its ties with ruling parties across the continent. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post CCP Quietly Bolsters Ties With Africa’s Ruling Parties appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/27/ccp-quietly-bolsters-ties-with-africas-ruling-parties/

Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance Eyob Tekalign Tolina told reporters on Wednesday that a new creditors’ committee led by France and China met last week for the first time.  The formation of this creditors’ committee is a key step in Ethiopia’s drive to restructure its $30 billion debt in accordance with the G20’s common framework. Eyob provided few details on the outcome of the inaugural gathering other than to say it was “successful.”  (REUTERS) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Week in Review: Debt, Arrests and Ma

The Chinese government on Wednesday issued its most forceful denunciation to date against proposed U.S. sanctions on Ethiopia for the war in Tigray. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said possible U.S. measures against Ethiopian officials involved in the conflict is a “ wanton exertion of pressure .” Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China is Stepping Up Its Opposition to Proposed U.S. Sanctions Against Ethiopia appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/china-

Environmentalists around the world celebrated Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement at the UN this week that Beijing would stop building coal-fired power plants overseas. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Xi’s Pledge to Halt Building Coal Plants Overseas Sparks Mix of Excitement, Confusion, and Even Some Concern appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/xis-pledge-to-halt-building-coal-plants-overseas-sparks-mix-of-excitement-confusion-and-even-some-concern/

U.S. conservatives can’t seem to agree if the issuance of IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is a “bail-out” for China, or a tool to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the Global South. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post First U.S. Conservatives Thought IMF SDRs Would Bolster China, Now Some Say It’s The Solution to Countering Beijing appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/first-u-s-conservatives-thought-imf-sdrs-would-bolster-china-now-some-say-its-the-soluti

A noticeable increase in positive media coverage about Chinese companies and government-backed development projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that began last week is showing no signs of abating, with leading news outlets publishing a stream of favorable stories. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Everywhere You Look in the DR Congo, Chinese Entities Are Suddenly Getting a Lot of Good Press appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/everywhere-you-look-i

This summer’s death of Onyinye [Onyi] Onwuegbusi, a young translator at a Chinese-owned factory in Nigeria, has sparked a national campaign to draw attention to the prevalence of forced labor and the lack of occupational safety measures at many Chinese companies operating in the country. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Many Nigerians Feel Abandoned By Their Government For Not Enforcing Labor Laws at Chinese Companies appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/many

Wang Yao 王垚 is a truly unique character who’s not only built a hugely successful second-hand clothing business in Kenya but has also become a celebrity on Chinese social media platforms where he now has almost 5 million followers. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Meet Wang Yao, Entrepreneur, Vlogger, and a Guy Who Looks Like He’s Living His Best Life in Kenya appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/23/meet-wang-yao-entrepreneur-vlogger-and-a-guy-who-looks-like-hes-

China’s long history of building coal-fired power plants in developing countries around the world is now over, said President Xi Jinping  in a short, 15-minute video address to the United Nations General Assembly . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China Will No Longer Build Coal Power Plants Overseas, Xi Tells UN appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/22/china-will-no-longer-build-coal-power-plants-overseas-xi-tells-un/

Joe Biden didn’t say the word “China” once in his sweeping, half-hour-long address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, his first as U.S. president, but confronting Beijing nonetheless emerged as a key theme.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Biden Touts B3W Developing World Infrastructure Plan in UN Address appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/22/biden-touts-b3w-developing-world-infrastructure-plan-in-un-address/

For a continent of 1.2 billion people, the quantity of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China and other Global North countries remains shockingly low. Bear in mind that the vast majority of these donations are for two-shot vaccines, so the total number of people inoculated is around 25 million.  (AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/22/21122/

The Kenyan government is considering using its allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) from the International Monetary Fund to repay some of its outstanding debts to China,  according to a report in the Business Daily newspaper . Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Kenya Weighs Using SDR Allocation From IMF to Pay Debts to China appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/22/kenya-weighs-using-sdr-allocation-from-imf-to-pay-debts-to-china/

The Chinese embassy in Nairobi is working with local law enforcement to determine who was  responsible for a brutal gang robbery of a Chinese-owned warehouse in a Nairobi suburb . Two Chinese nationals were sleeping in the warehouse when the gang broke in last Friday, beat one of the owners to death, and severely injured another person.  (ZIMBABWE OBSERVER/ 津巴布韦观察  — in Chinese) Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post One Dead, Another Injured Following a Violent Gang Robbery of a Chinese-Owned Warehouse in Nairobi appeared

While China ramps up its global vaccine distributions, particularly in Asia, deliveries to African countries have remained consistently modest since the beginning of the pandemic. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post While China’s Global Vaccine Distributions Close in on a Billion Doses Delivered, Africa’s Share Remains Small appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/22/while-chinas-global-vaccine-distributions-close-in-on-a-billion-doses-delivered-africas-share-remains-

Chinese-financed development projects in the Global South are having a profound impact on ecologically sensitive areas, particularly in regions populated by indigenous peoples,  according to new research from Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDPC). Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post New Research Reveals Impact of Chinese Overseas Development Finance on the Fragile Ecosystems and Indigenous Populations appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/21/ne

Two prominent analysts at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., contend that the main U.S. development finance agency is not doing enough to “counter” China’s growing influence in developing countries. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post U.S. Conservatives Are Disappointed The Development Finance Corporation Isn’t Doing More to Confront China appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/21/u-s-conservatives-are-disappointed-the-development

Chinese mining companies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are responding to allegations they haven’t fulfilled their obligation to build infrastructure in the country with an increasingly high profile PR effort on social media and in the DRC news media. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Chinese Mining Companies in the DRC Ramp Up Efforts To Showcase Infrastructure Development appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/21/chinese-mining-companies-in-the-drc-ramp-

The hyper-nationalist online news site Guancha (观察者）is among the few Chinese media outlets that features somewhat regular coverage of the ongoing contract review controversy between Chinese mining companies and the DRC government. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post While Chinese Media Coverage of the Contract Controversy in the DRC Parrots the Party Line, Commentators Have a Different Opinion appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/21/while-chinese-media-coverage-of-

The Chinese embassy in Rwanda is the latest Chinese diplomatic mission in Africa to open  a new Twitter account . The Kigali embassy is now the 50th official Twitter account on the continent.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post The Number of Chinese Diplomatic Missions in Africa That Are on Twitter is Growing appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/21/the-number-of-chinese-diplomatic-missions-in-africa-that-are-on-twitter-is-growing/

When China faces intense public pressure, as was the case last year following the  Guangzhou discrimination crisis  and now in the DRC over mining contracts, Chinese representatives often take much longer to respond than other governments do under similar circumstances.  Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post Message Point: The “Infrastructure-for-Minerals” Package Cooperation Between China and the DRC” appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/20/message-point-the-infrast

For the past few days, a low-grade Twitter feud has been going on between China’s ambassador to the DRC, Zhu Jing, and J. Peter Pham, a former U.S. special envoy to the Sahel during the Trump administration and now a fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank The Atlantic Council. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post China’s Ambassador to DRC Gets Into Online Spat With Former Trump Administration Official appeared first on The China Africa Project . source https://chinaafricaproject.com/2021/09/20/chinas-ambassado

The classic stereotypes about Africa are widespread in China where, like elsewhere, many peoples’ perceptions about Africa mirrors the outdated, offensive caricatures that are commonplace in mainstream media. Just as in the West, Africa for many, if not most people, is a place of war, despair, disease, and safaris, those sentiments are not much different in China. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $15/mo OR Yearly $149/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More The post How a Chinese Vlogger is Challenging Stereotypes About Africa One Video at a Time appeared first on The China Africa Projec