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China’s Belt and Road financing and investments fell in the first half of the year, with no new spending in Russia, Sri Lanka, and Egypt, according to a study by the  Green Finance & Development Center  in Shanghai.  Financing and investments were at $28.4 billion in the first six months, compared with $29.4 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to the center, which is affiliated with Fudan University. The first-half figures were 40% lower compared with the same period in 2019, it said.  (BLOOMBERG) The food crisis in the Horn of Africa is the latest front in the U.S.-China rivalry with officials from both sides throwing shade at one another for not doing enough.  Over the weekend, China said that emergency food shipments are either on the way or will soon be shipped to four countries in the region. The shipments follow  criticism from USAID Administrator Samantha Power  who singled out China for not providing relief. Beijing  ...

While international calls grow louder for China to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt obligations, a very different conversation is going on in Chinese media and online communities.  Antara Ghosal Singh, an expert on Chinese domestic development and a fellow at the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation (ORF), has been tracking the increasingly negative public sentiment over the situation in Sri Lanka and what Beijing’s response should be: … 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 Netizens Aren’t Keen to Bail...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian accused the United States of trying to suppress its influence in Africa in response to the  latest criticism of Beijing by the U.S. military’s top commander for Afric a , General Stephen Townsend.  On Tuesday, General Townsend said  “China and Russia aggressively use diplomatic, economic, and military means to expand their access and influence.” … 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 Accuses U.S. of Trying to “Suppress” Its Influence in Africa appeare...

Chinese cement major Huaxin broke ground this week on a new factory in Tanzania that is likely being seen as an important milestone for Chinese construction engagement in Africa. African stakeholders have long been frustrated that Chinese contractors import a lot of the construction materials, specifically cement, for infrastructure projects, rather than buying from local suppliers. … 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 Why This New Chinese Cement Factory in Tanzania is So Important appeared first on The China Globa...

China’s ambassador to the African Union, Hu Changchun, led a site inspection this week of the Chinese-financed construction of the new headquarters of the African Center for Disease Control headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. While the project is being warmly received by Chinese, Ethiopian, and AU officials, it’s something of a sore spot with the United States, which accused Beijing of circumventing the normal AU policymaking process to have the facility located in Addis Ababa rather than in another locale as Washington had wanted. … 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) A...

Indonesia is the envy of commodity-exporting countries throughout the Global South, who have long tried to find a way to force foreign mining companies to process raw materials domestically prior to export. Unfortunately for most countries, particularly in Africa, a combination of weak governance and  insufficient infrastructure  has made that impossible — but not so in Indonesia, where last quarter’s FDI numbers validate  the government’s decision to block unprocessed commodities like nickel. … 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 ...

Israel is emerging as a role model for how the United States wants its allies around the world to distance themselves from economic and technical engagement with China, according to Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Institute  in a column published on Tuesday in Newsweek . Israel, like many countries, embraced Chinese investment in recent years but now appears to have second thoughts, which Berman attributes to pressure from the U.S.: … 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 Israel is Becomi...

The Kenyan government cut a check for $226 million last week to service its debts to the China Exim Bank for the loans used to build the Standard Gauge Railway. The Kenyan Central Bank singled out the repayment as a reason why the country’s foreign exchange reserves dropped from $7.95 billion to $7.73 billion. China stands apart from Kenya’s other bilateral lenders  who’ve agreed to extend debt servicing deferrals. Also, these repayments come at a very bad time for Kenya as the country struggles to protect its forex reserves that will help offset the damage from the year-long depreciation of its own currency.  (THE STANDARD) … 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...

On Tuesday, representatives from 70 countries, including many from Africa, participated in the Beijing Forum on Human Rights , which effectively served as a platform for China to present an alternative international framework for human rights. One attendee after another echoed China’s objections to the U.S. and European use of unilateral sanctions and the proposition that human rights values are universal rather than defined by individual nation-states based on their system of governance.  … 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 L...

The Shaolin Cultural Center in the Zambian capital Lusaka recently held an event to show off the talents of some of their incredible students, both kids and adults, who’ve become masters of this ancient Chinese martial art. Watch the full on the China News website (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 Check This Out… Shaolin Kung Fu in Zambia appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/07/27/check-this-out-shaolin-kung-fu-in-zambia/

China’s fiercely nationalistic Global Times newspaper took the lead in pushing back on criticism by high-level U.S. officials that the writers describe as an attempt by Washington to undermine Tuesday’s meeting between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his counterpart Xi Jinping. Global Times published a pair of scathing rebuttals  to assertions by the top U.S. military commander, General Mark Milley,  who said on Sunday that China is becoming more “aggressive”  in the Asia-Pacific region. Incidentally, he made those remarks during a visit to Jakarta — a point noted by Global Times. … 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....

Singapore and Malaysia stood apart  in Pew Research’s latest public opinion poll that surveyed 25,000 respondents  in 19 middle and high-income countries about their perceptions of China and the United States. While public views of China in other wealthy countries were solidly negative, two-thirds of Singaporeans and 60% of Malaysians hold a positive view of China compared to the United States, which scored 51% and 44% respectively. … 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 Two Southeast Asian States Stand ...

Senior defense officials from at least 48 African countries took part in the second China-Africa Peace and Security Forum Ministerial Meeting that took place online on Monday. General Wei Fenghe, China’s defense minister, delivered the keynote address during which he promoted Beijing’s new Global Security Initiative as a way to bolster ties with African militaries. … 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 Defense Minister Convenes Second China-Africa Peace and Security Forum Ministerial Meeting appeare...

Police in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan arrested the owner of a small passenger car with decals of Nazi symbols on it.  The vehicle was brought to the attention of authorities by the Israeli consulate in the provincial capital Chengdu after it posted a photo of the vehicle on WeChat . “We believe the owner of the car placed this evil symbol in a prominent location because they do not understand this period of history or that [this symbol] is contaminated with the blood of many innocent lives,” the consulate said in their 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) Al...

With a growing number of developing countries facing acute debt distress, many to Chinese creditors, Beijing may soon be forced to abandon its long-held policy of refusing to cancel concessional and commercial loans. Chinese creditors have been aggressively rescheduling billions of dollars of loans to countries in the Global South but with the economic crisis worsening, simply deferring repayments may no longer be enough to stave off default by some borrowers,  according to a recent Financial Times report : … 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 H...

Kenya’s presidential front-runner William Ruto made it clear that if he wins next month’s presidential election in Kenya  he will publish the multi-billion dollar Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) loan contract  with the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). Speaking with the Reuters news agency  last week, Deputy President William Ruto, one of two leading candidates poised to succeed incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, said he will follow through on the  High Court of Mombasa’s order to release the SGR contract . So far, the State House has refused to release the contract in spite of the court’s ruling. … 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 unli...

While rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in developing countries is major news around the world, it barely registers in the United States. So, it was notable on Friday when  New York Times Columnist Peter Coy dedicated an entire opinion piece to the issue of Chinese debt. Coy singled out China for its role in the crisis, suggesting Beijing plays a disproportionately important role given that it’s the world’s largest bilateral creditor to developing countries but still largely refuses to abide by Western-led standards for international debt relief.  … 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/y...

The Ford Motor Company announced a number of important deals with major Chinese mining and battery manufacturers to bolster the supply chain of critical resources needed to power its new line-up of electric vehicles. NICKEL:  The U.S. auto giant  signed a three-way MoU with Indonesia Vale and Chinese mining giant Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt  to build a plant in Indonesia to extract nickel. Nickel is a key ingredient used to manufacture EV batteries. … 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 the U.S. Govern...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned that Asian countries are at risk of becoming “chess pieces” in the burgeoning geopolitical rivalry with the United States.  Instead, he argued to the ASEAN Secretariat on Monday that “the future of our region should be in our own hands.” Wang’s comments come just days after he met for five hours with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of last week’s G20 meeting in Indonesia.  (REUTERS) Chinese mining giant CMOC insists operations at the strategically vital Tenke Fungurume cobalt/copper mine are proceeding as usual despite assertions from a court-appointed Congolese administrator that all extraction and production must stop.  “The production and operations, including transportation and export, are normal,” said company spokesman Vincent Zhou on Friday. CMOC is embroiled in a bitter feud with its local partner Gécamines over royalty payments and allegations of misleading reserve assessments by CMOC.  (BLOOMB...

As geopolitical groups and counter-groups crowd the landscape, India is seemingly everywhere at once. It is a prominent member of China-aligned groups like the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). It is also central to China-containing groups like the Quad. An interesting new thinkpiece by the Indian academic Shreya Upadhyay describes this as a “multi-alignment strategy.” She argues New Delhi uses block politics as a way to escape the pitfalls of block politics: … 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...

Manasseh Sogavare, the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands,  moved to calm  Australian fears about his country’s new security pact with China.  In an interview with The Guardian , Sogavare said there will never be a Chinese military base in the Solomon Islands because it would make the small island state an “enemy” and “put our country and our people as targets for potential military strikes.” … 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 Solomon Islands PM Assures Australia It Remains “Security Par...

The Wall Street Journal has published a highly critical account of China’s involvement in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. It quotes current and former Sri Lankan officials claiming that China discouraged them from seeking an early IMF bailout, offering loans for liquidity support instead. The choice to hold off on reaching out to the IMF meant that the country ended up using much-needed foreign reserves to repay loans: … 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 Piled On Debt As Sri Lanka Sank: WSJ appeared first on The Ch...

Since Sri Lanka’s ruling Rajapaksa family’s hurried exit as their country descended into chaos, China has been notably quiet. Official responses have been late. When he responded,  Zhao Lijian, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, only said : “China pays great attention to the development of the situation in Sri Lanka. We sincerely hope that all sectors in Sri Lanka can keep in mind the fundamental interests of the country and its people, stay united, uphold stability and tide over difficulties together.”   … 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 Clic...

The death of Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos on 8 July, brought to an end a pivotal Africa-China relationship, one that reshaped the whole continent’s relationship with the rising superpower.  This great obit  by South China Morning Post’s Jevans Nyabiage, shows how Dos Santos, initially a Soviet ally, warmed up to China and how they set up the oil-for-infrastructure deal called the “Angola Model,” which was replicated across the Global South.  Angola’s debt to China still makes up a third of all Chinese loans to 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...

Portuguese construction major Mota-Engil outbid three Chinese state-owned companies, CITIC, Sinotrans, and CR20, to  win a 30-year concession to operate the strategically important Lobito Corridor  that connects the copper/cobalt belt in the southern DRC and northern Zambia with the port of Lobito in Angola. But it wasn’t all bad news for the Chinese since another state-owned company,  China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), now owns a third of Mota-Engil . … 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 ...

Chinese agricultural inspectors have concluded an audit of Kenyan avocado crops and warehouses, raising hopes that exports to China can finally begin. The audit is only the latest hurdle facing farmers hoping to access the Chinese market. Earlier, they were temporarily forced to flash-freeze avocadoes as part of China’s phytosanitary rules.  … 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 Will China Finally Accept Kenyan Avocadoes? Maybe! appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsout...

Iran will become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in April 2023,  according to the Chinese state newspaper Global Times. Iran has lobbied  to join the Eurasia-spanning group for more than a decade, and its acceptance is sure to further boost its ties with 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 Iran to Become Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member by 2023 appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/07/13/iran-to-become-shanghai-...

For some reason,  the Chinese state broadcaster CGTN went out of its way to avoid naming Huawei by name in a recent report  about the company’s role as the primary technology service provider for Safaricom’s popular mobile payment service M-Pesa. This is odd, given that Chinese propaganda has unabashedly promoted Huawei in Africa and other developing regions in response to U.S. pressure on the company. … 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 For Some Weird Reason, CGTN Doesn’t Want to Say Huawei by Name in a R...

Chinese-made weapons and military equipment are in wide use by the Congolese rebel group M23 and other factions battling in the eastern DRC,  according to an investigation by the DRC news publication Politico.cd. “M23 weapons seized by the FARDC (the Congolese military) are almost all Chinese-made,”  defense analyst Jean-Jacques Wondo Omanyundu told the news outlet. … 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 Weapons and Military Equipment Are Showing Up on the Battlefields of the Eastern DR Congo ap...

Yang Jiechi, one of China’s most senior foreign policy officials and a politburo member, visited Pakistan, The UAE, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe earlier this month and gave a rare interview to Xinhua about his trip.  While he mostly stuck to official talking points, his comments also revealed specific issues in China’s relations with these countries, including preparations for a China-Arab summit and a free trade agreement with the Gulf Coast Countries, security concerns in Pakistan, and ongoing civil society campaigns against Chinese firms in 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% Savi...

The Chinese battery metals company Ganfeng Lithium Co. will spend $962 million to buy 100% of the Argentinian lithium compounds producer Lithea. The company owns lithium salt lakes with a capacity of 30,000 tons of lithium carbonate per year.  Ganfeng Lithium has expanded rapidly, with projects in  Mexico, Ireland, and Mali . Other Chinese battery metals giants like Zijin are also pouring money into Argentina, seen as the country with the biggest pipeline of lithium products. … 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...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged China and members of the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to  collectively pressure the military government in Myanmar to return to democracy. “It is incumbent on China and in China’s interest to see Burma move back to the path it was on,”  Blinken said at a press conference in Bangkok on Sunday, using the country’s former name . He also chastised ASEAN for not holding Yangon accountable for its failure to live up to the “five-point consensus” peace agreement that it agreed to with the bloc. … 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 Yea...

Zambia appears to be edging closer to a debt restructuring deal with its official creditors.  Insiders tell Reuters it could happen sometime in July . Some sort of arrangement between the Zambian government and the Franco-Chinese-led Creditor Committee would be a major breakthrough. It would mark the first restructuring deal under the G20’s Common Framework paradigm. It also would provide new insights into what kinds of concessions Chinese creditors are willing to make. … 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 Zambi...

China’s most senior diplomat for Sub-Saharan Africa announced that Special Representative on African Affairs, Xu Jinghu,  has kicked off an 8-nation African tour . The Foreign Ministry hasn’t provided any information about her visit besides the itinerary (thanks to this map). Prominent Africa-China scholar Lina Benabdallah from Wake Forest University noted that of the countries she’ll visit, “ six are of maritime importance to China-Africa relations .” … 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 Maritime Issues Could H...

It appears that sources within the Saudi Arabian Royal Air Force are leaking information about their apparent interest in acquiring and possibly even manufacturing FC-31s, China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet. Saudi news reports also indicate that the Chinese are also prepared to transfer the technology to build the FC-31 locally. … 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 Reports: Saudi Arabia Eyeing Chinese Stealth Fighter Jets appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.c...

Chinese foreign direct investment in BRI countries jumped 10.2% to $8.2 billion in the first five months of the year, according to new data from the Chinese government.  Singapore, Indonesia and Pakistan were among the top FDI destinations in 2022. But the news wasn’t so good for Chinese enterprises. That same period saw an 18% decrease in the value of signed contracts in BRI countries.  (XINHUA SILK ROAD — in Chinese) China bought a record amount of Russian oil in June, displacing Saudi Arabia as Beijing’s top supplier for the second consecutive month.  In the three-month period through May, Chinese oil buys from Russia doubled year-on-year to  $18.9 billion  and now account for 15% of China’s total imports. Saudi shipments, meantime, are forecast to fall to a two-year low.  (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 t...

Tesla’s  across-the-fleet price increase this month  was due in part to supply constraints of key metals used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries, specifically lithium.   While the price of cobalt and nickel have steadily fallen this year due to ample supplies from places like the DR Congo (cobalt) and Indonesia (nickel),  lithium is proving much harder to source in the quantities needed to meet market demand. … 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 Forget Cobalt, Lithium is the Key Strategic R...

The United States government on Wednesday  imposed new sanctions against Iranian oil companies and the network of firms that help facilitate the flow of Iranian crude to markets in East Asia , specifically China. Every year, millions of barrels of oil are effectively laundered via third-party countries,  including the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Malaysia , to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Most of that crude ends up in northeastern China’s Shandong province, where it’s offloaded by independent refineries known as “teapots.” … 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 ...

The Algerian military is reportedly in talks with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) to purchase four of the company’s WJ-700 Falcon armed reconnaissance drones,  according to Algerian press reports. Algiers hopes the drones will help improve the air power balance with its rival Morocco.  … 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 Algeria to Purchase Chinese Armed Drones appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/07/07/algeria-to-purchase-...