Rajpriya Gautam

In an odd alignment of diplomatic symmetry, the four non-Russian members of the BRICS group have all refused to join the global movement to condemn Russia for its assault on neighboring Ukraine. There’s no evidence that any of these countries are coordinating their response with one another but each is using a similar hedging strategy where they seem keen to try and keep all of their options open: Brazil is sending mixed signals about its position on the war . On Friday, Brazil voted at the UN to denounce the Russian invasion but then on Sunday President Jair Bolsonaro said his government “will not take sides” while adding that he was “in solidarity with Russia.” This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 ...

Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport was never at risk of being seized by Chinese creditors in the event of a default on the $200 million loan,  according to new research by Brad Parks and Ammar Malik at AidData in the United States. Parks and Malik reached that conclusion after reviewing a copy of the full, unredacted version of the contract with the China Exim Bank that until now had been secret. “Our analysis of the terms and conditions in the contract does not support the allegation that China engages in predatory lending,” they said. “We instead find that Beijing is a shrewd negotiator who is willing to impose intrusive conditions upon sovereign borrowers to protect its balance sheet.” This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 t...

It’s been a very busy week for great power diplomacy in the Equatoguinean capital of Malabo. On Saturday, Foreign Minister Simeón Oyono Esono Angue  hosted a delegation led by Chinese ambassador Qi Mei  to discuss unspecified “international events.” That mean came less than a week after  a high-level group from the U.S. led by Washington’s top diplomat for Africa, Molly Phee , who went there purportedly to try and persuade President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo not to house a Chinese military base that the U.S. claims is under consideration. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Glo...

Early on in China’s engagement in Africa, the Chinese were big on gifting sports stadiums to African governments as part of their soft power diplomatic outreach on the continent. Later, Chinese infrastructure development shifted focus to larger, more conventional projects like bridges, railroads and highways but now that appears to be changing as stadiums are again becoming countries’ showpiece development projects on the continent. Last week during a visit to Senegal , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed off his skills as a former semi-professional footballer when he appeared on the pitch with President Macky Sall. Unlike China, Turkey doesn’t just give away stadiums but it does build them. The 50,000 seat facility in Dakar was constructed by Turkish contractor Summa and provided President Erdogan a great venue to show off the capabilities of Turkish construction companies in Africa. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who ...

South Africa’s Limpopo Province  gave the go-ahead last week for a $10 billion industrial project  that includes a 4,600-megawatt coal power plant, a coking facility, and a steel plant. The approval is critical for the development of the controversial Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. But the province’s decision is probably too late. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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’...

All week, numbers have been trickling out of Kenya’s National Bureau of Statistics that depict a dangerously lopsided economic relationship with China. The latest data show that last Kenyans $3.9 billion worth of products from China but exported just $131 million in return. “This is unacceptable,”  declared Kenya’s most influential financial newspaper, Business Daily, in an editorial today . “As things stand, Beijing is benefiting vastly from its commercial ties with Nairobi while the latter remains in a losing trade position,” the editorial board wrote. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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...

China’s Ambassador to Kenya, Zhou Pingjiang, used a ceremonial outsized key to mark the opening of a new Chinese-financed security surveillance center for the Standard Gauge Railway. It was not specified what kind of surveillance technology and from what manufacturer was used to build the new Operation Center. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Donates Surveillance System and Vehicles to Help ...

An investigation by the independent, non-partisan MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism in Lesotho uncovered widespread abuse by Chinese managers at the multinational Chinese construction company CNQC (中国青建) working in the small southern African country. Workers said a lack of any oversight by the company led to rampant sexual abuse of female workers, including in some cases women being fired for refusing to accept the advances of their Chinese managers.  This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Y...

Soon after the conclusion of the Europe-Africa Summit in Brussels last week, Chinese media and scholars began to weigh in with their analysis of the gathering which, not surprisingly, was decidedly negative. All week,  there’ve been a number of stories published across various Chinese media outlets  that all have a similar theme:  the only reason Europe is focusing attention on Africa now is just to confront China.  This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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)...

Chinese ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian joined President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday  to open a new political training academy located outside of Dar es Salaam . But unlike similar Chinese-financed academies in  South Africa  and  Ethiopia  that are primarily country-specific, this new facility in Tanzania will be accessible to participants from the ruling parties of six southern African countries. These types of training academies are a critical component of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) party-to-party outreach in Africa that operates in parallel to Beijing’s state-to-state relations. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Afric...

There’s been a major shift in Kenya’s borrowing patterns over the past three years marked by a sharp increase in loans from the World Bank while lending from China has slowed considerably,  according to new Treasury data. Since 2019, loans from the World Bank more than doubled from $4.5 billion to $9.9 billion this year. This is a big shift from the early years of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term in office in 2013 when Chinese lending to Kenya skyrocketed from near zero to nearly $4 billion by 2017 to fund large-scale infrastructure projects like the Standard Gauge Railway. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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. Ch...

Kenya’s total public debt  now stands at $72.2 billion  with $6.92 billion or just 9% owed to Chinese creditors,  according to new figures from the Treasury in Nairobi . When measured against Kenya’s total external, China’s share accounts for about 19%. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Relatively Small Share of Kenya’s Total Public Debt appeared first on The China Africa Pro...

One of the common misperceptions about Chinese investment in Africa is there’s no difference between state-owned and private companies. In many instances, they’re referred to simply as “Chinese” companies without understanding that there are actually substantial differences among the various corporate actors that are now active in Africa. Nowhere is that more evident than in Ethiopia which has been more successful than almost any other African country in attracting Chinese private sector investment — totaling $570 from 2000 to 2018,  according to new research from University of London scholar Weiwei Chen . This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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...

Cobalt prices jumped to a three-year high in Chinse trading this month due to mounting concerns over shipment delays in the DR Congo-to-South Africa supply chain. Shipments from the DR Congo account for 90% of China’s sourcing for the metal that’s a critical ingredient in electric vehicle batteries. Under normal circumstances, it takes less than 20 days for trucks to deliver shipments to the Port of Durban in South Africa. Now, though, that journey’s taking more than a month to complete. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 acce...

Last week’s Europe-Africa summit largely passed unnoticed in China due largely to the fact that it coincided with the final days of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the extensive coverage related to the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. Now, though, some analysis of the summit is beginning to emerge in the mainstream Chinese media and it’s predictably sour. Generally speaking, Chinese scholars and media (which often amplify the views of the government) tend to regard any high profile U.S. or European engagement with Africa in the context of great power rivalry with China. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 th...

One week after the Shenzhen-based African mobile phone giant Transsion  announced that its TECNO and Infinix brands would both have 5G devices available in Kenya  before the end of the year, Chinese rival Oppo launched its 5G smartphone with the debut of V23 5G. Kenyan customers can now pre-order the $527 phone  before it releases nationally at the end of the month. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Congo-based cryptocurrency & blockchain (aka web3) start-up raised $7.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by James Zhang and his sister, also born in the Congo, who saw the opportunity for blockchain-enabled applications in the gaming and education sectors that are becoming increasingly popular in Southeast Asia. Jambo plans to use the new funds to launch the first iteration of its new super app later this fall that’s now in development by a 60-member team spread across sub-Saharan Africa, Silicon Valley, and Shenzhen. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 ou...

While Europeans and Americans are now ramping up their efforts to develop COVID-19 manufacturing facilities in Africa, a Chinese joint venture in Egypt is already well underway where it’s becoming a vital hub in Beijing’s vaccine diplomacy in both Africa and the Middle East.  China’s ambassador to Cairo, Liao Liqiang, was at the headquarters of the Egyptian state-run pharmaceutical company VASCERA that produces Sinovac vaccines on Sunday to make a donation of 500,000 doses to the Palestinian Authority that will be distributed in the Gaza Strip. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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... ...

Finance ministers and central bank heads from the world’s twenty largest countries  wrapped up their latest get-together in Jakarta on Friday  without any meaningful progress on the burgeoning debt crisis in developing countries.  Instead, everyone seemingly blamed everyone else for not doing enough. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 G20 Again Pays Lip Service to Developing World Debt...

U.S. government officials regularly criticize China for embracing African dictators in pursuit of Beijing’s strategic interests, so it was a tad ironic to see photos and videos late last week of a high-level American delegation led by Washington’s top diplomat Molly Phee so warmly received in an ornate palace by  an African dictator  who they’re hoping will play to  their  interests. Phee was joined by an entourage of U.S. military and national security officials for a visit with Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to presumably persuade him not to allow the construction of a Chinese military base in his country. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 o...

When U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee  met with Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo last week  at the Presidential Palace in Malabo to try and put a stop to the building of a Chinese military base in the West African country, she reportedly came prepared to bargain. The Wall Street Journal claimed  that Phee was going to link U.S. maritime security assistance for EG to the Chinese base issue —  ergo you allow the Chinese base, you don’t get our aid money. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 tod...

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. “It was surprising to see the Ministry of Employment and Labour suing Huawei for violating employment equity conditions in South Africa,”  said Diphoko  in response to the  Department of Labor’s assertion that Huawei’s SA branch has far exceeded the number of foreign employees working in the company. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Glo...

President Yoweri Museveni welcomed China’s ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong,  for a meeting in the garden at the State House in Entebbe. The occasion was ostensibly to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries but the president took advantage of the opportunity  to solicit China’s engagement  on “Poverty Eradication, Agricultural Development, Digital Innovation, Capacity Building; Cultural and People-to-People exchange, Peace, and Security.” This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 acces...

The latest Chinese-funded political training academy in Africa  opened in Kibaha outside of Tanzania’s commercial hub Dar es Salaam . Similar training academies have been built in  Ethiopia ,  Tunisia  and  South Africa  among other regions as part of the Communist Party of China’s party-to-party exchanges with the ruling parties in African 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. Connect with leading professionals on the China- Africa Experts Network. You've reached your free monthly article limit. Subscribe today for unlimited access. SUBSCRIBE: $15 per month SUBSCRIBE: $149 per year -17% Savings This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights ...

European and African leaders kicked off a two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday amid a sense that ties between these two continents have reached a critical inflection point. European leaders, notably French President Emmanuel Macron, the current rotating president of the EU, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, have set the bar very high for this week’s gathering — promising to revive ties that have become stale, invest billions for new infrastructure and finally provide access to COVID-19 vaccines. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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. Su...

Reta Jo Lewis , the new head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM), said she’s confident that the U.S. can effectively compete against China in the policy bank arena even though her institution spends just a tenth of what the Chinese do. Lewis was sworn in on Tuesday by Vice President Kamela Harris and said in a speech afterward that both China and Africa are going to be important priorities. “Whether it’s competing with China, whether it’s growing our export support for clean and renewable energy, whether it’s investing in sustainable futures with Sub-Saharan Africa, advancing transformational export areas – to me, it’s a new day,”  she said . This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa referenced China as a model for South Africa to lessen its sky-high unemployment problem. Ramaphosa was addressing the country’s parliament in a follow-up debate to his annual State of the Nation Address, which took place on 10 February.  In his reply address, Ramaphosa cited China as an example of a country that managed to grow private-sector employment while maintaining a centrally planned development agenda.  This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 O...

The Chinese Mining Company Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies closed a $240 million investment with Australia’s AVZ Minerals for rights to the Manono lithium mine in the southern DR Congo. The Chinese company now has a 24% stake in the mine that will reportedly need an additional $300 million of investment before it can begin full production. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 EV Battery Metals: Chines...

Illegal Chinese mining and timber companies are running rampant in the DRC’s eastern province of South Kivu, fueling corruption that empowers ruling elites and impoverished local communities,  according to a scathing new report by two researchers at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Paris . The problems in South Kivu gained notoriety last summer when  Governor Théo Ngwabidje Kasi ordered six Chinese companies to halt operations  in response to growing tensions with the local community. Residents in the area complained bitterly that these six companies along with other Chinese firms operating there destroy the local environment and pay off authorities to cover up their illegal activities. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping Ch...

Ugandan opposition MPs renewed their criticism of the government’s handling of  a $200 loan deal with the China Exim Bank  to upgrade the Entebbe International Airport near Kampala.  Works and Transport Minister Edward Katumba along with officials from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA)  appeared before the parliamentary oversight committee on Tuesday  to answer questions about the government’s apparent mishandling of the loan contract that was signed with the China Construction Communication Company (CCCC) that did the work. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 ...

African leaders have been arriving in Brussels all week in advance of the two-day Europe-Africa summit that begins tomorrow. But the timing of this year’s gathering comes as some in Europe are bracing for what could be the continent’s largest war since WWII and an increasingly contentious rivalry between the U.S. and China. Furthermore, any new initiatives announced by the European side at this year’s summit will be immediately measured against the standards that China has set for African engagement on everything from vaccine distribution to trade promotion to infrastructure financing. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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. ...

European leaders have made it very clear in recent weeks that they intend to compete vigorously against Chinese rivals for a larger slice of the African infrastructure construction market. While that may sound nice, in practice it’s going to be difficult. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 German Construction Companies Struggle to Find a Way to Compete Against Chinese Rivals in Africa appeared firs...

The World Bank is becoming increasingly explicit about its concerns related to Chinese lending practices in low and middle-income countries, even though it doesn’t call out the Chinese government by name. On two separate occasions on Tuesday, the Bank issued warnings that described characteristics of Chinese lending behavior and the risks they present to countries struggling to cope with rising debt burdens. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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...

Ambassador Chen’s meeting with Mali’s national police chief is particularly notable in light of Bamako’s growing isolation in the international community. Mali is currently facing sanctions from the West African regional organization ECOWAS with the support of France, the United States and the European Union. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Connect with leading professionals on the China- Africa Experts Network. You've reached your free monthly article limit. Subscribe today for unlimited access. SUBSCRIBE: $15 per month SUBSCRIBE: $149 per year -17% Savings This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 th...

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 jobs to South Africans reaches a boiling point. The lawsuit is reportedly going ahead  after talks between Huawei South Africa and the South African government broke down . The government is accusing the Chinese company of  breaking employment equity regulations  that require foreign companies to hire at least 60% local workers. It alleges that Huawei South Africa’s workforce is 90% foreign. The breach was revealed by a 2020 labor audit, after which the company reportedly tried to find an amicable solution. However, talks seem to have failed and the department said its lawsuit is going ahead because the company took no steps to rebalance its hiring. This marketing content will b...

There’s new evidence that the once combative relationship between DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and the large Chinese cobalt mining companies that operate in his country is getting back on track. On Sunday,  the President spoke by phone with the head of Chinese mining major China Molybdenum (CMOC), Sun Ruiwen, and Li Changdong , a senior representative of the Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer CATL. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 sub...

With demand for the minerals and metals used to power electric vehicles far outstripping supply, China’s largest mining companies are moving quickly to diversify their sourcing strategic resources including cobalt, nickel, lithium and rare earths among others. There’s been a lot of movement lately in the lithium sector in particular. Given that Australia is the world’s largest source of lithium, this presents a real problem for the Chinese who are determined to avoid becoming dependent on the Aussies for battery metals the way they’ve been with iron ore. This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… 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 Sou...