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Namibia is emerging as a key lithium producer for the Chinese market.  In August, 25,000 tons of the strategic metal were shipped from the Port of Walvis Bay with another 50,000 tons prepped to leave later this month. Namibian authorities also want to position Walvis Bay as a key gateway for Congolese cobalt that now primarily transits through South Africa’s Port of Durban.  (XINHUA) Cambodian naval authorities report that 30 Chinese nationals were rescued over the weekend when their ship sank on Thursday near the maritime border with Vietnam.  In all, 41 Chinese nationals were aboard the ship with three others reported dead and eight still missing. Survivors say they had no food or water and it’s suspected they were victims of human trafficking.  (THE STAR) … 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 e

Kenyans got their first look at the newly-upgraded international terminals at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, which will soon reopen to the public. The $8 million facelift of terminals 1B and C took less than a year to complete.  (THE STAR) … 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 Contractors Almost Finished Upgrading Nairobi’s International Airport Terminals appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/09/29/chinese-contractors-almost-finished-up

A meeting this week between the general secretary of Kenya’s new ruling party, the United Democratic Alliance, and China’s envoy to Nairobi provides a fresh reminder of the dual roles that Chinese ambassadors play in their assigned countries. Zhou Pingjiang represents the interests of both the Chinese state and the Communist Party of China, two distinct entities. In the case of Monday’s meeting with Veronica Maina from the UDA, he was there to foster party-to-party ties,  according to a readout published on the embassy’s Chinese-language WeChat channel . … 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% Sav

Ghana is moving to restructure its ballooning debt as part of an IMF rescue plan that’s now under discussion between the two sides. As part of the process,  Accra is reaching out to both local and international investors to restructure the $38 billion that it currently owes , including an estimated $3.5 billion to Chinese creditors. … 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 Ghana, IMF Differ Over Whether Chinese Bauxite Deal Should be Counted as Part of the Country’s National Debt appeared first on The China Global Sout

As technocrats in Sri Lanka and Laos grapple with renegotiating loans to a variety of creditors, including China, the region’s creeping debt distress is slowly tipping into a full-blown humanitarian disaster.  The situation is the most critical in Sri Lanka, where the government has essentially run out of foreign currency, triggering massive shortages of food, fuel, and medicine, and in Pakistan, where debt distress is worsened by climate change-related flooding.  … 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 As China Nitpic

China’s Foreign Ministry  clapped back  at U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call to Pakistan “to engage China on some of the important issues of debt relief and restructuring so that Pakistan can more quickly recover from the floods.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson  Wang Wenbin called on  “the US to do something real for the Pakistani people instead of criticizing China-Pakistan cooperation.”  … 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-Pakistan Talks on Post-Flood Recovery Start Amid U.S.-China Sniping appea

In what’s becoming a standard tactic, China used its support across the Global South to counter  a proposal from a U.S.-led group  of rich democracies for a special debate in the UN Human Rights Council on China’s anti-Uyghur measures in Xinjiang. The measure followed  a recent UN report [PDF]  citing “serious human rights violations” in the region. Pakistan submitted  a joint statement on behalf of 68 countries labeling the situations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet China’s internal affairs, which should be exempt from external intervention. The countries weren’t named, but it’s safe to assume that most of them are from 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 happenin

The most interesting articles published in Chinese media in August revolve around the future of the Iranian nuclear deal and, more broadly, Iran’s role in the Middle East. Chinese experts also commented on the end of France’s Operation Barkhane in Mali, as well as the rising great power competition in Africa.  Palestine and Israel As we reported many times in the past, Chinese scholars continue to complain about the marginalization of the Palestinian issue within Middle Eastern politics. They note how the Abraham Accords – a joint statement between the State of Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States, reached on August 13, 2020 – have been crucial in paving the way for an improvement in relations between Israel and many Arab countries despite them not providing any solutions to the problems of the Palestinians. Indeed, Chinese experts consistently criticized the Trump administration’s approach to the Palestinian issue, including its “Peace to Prosperity: A Visio

The United States’s plan to displace China from global mineral supply chains while simultaneously making them more environmentally, socially and governmentally (ESG) sustainable could be a bigger task than U.S government officials would like to admit.  The  UK Times recently published a graph  that made clear exactly how far behind China the U.S. is in almost every aspect of the battery supply chain.  … 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 Getting China Out of the U.S. Battery Metal Supply Chain Easier Said Than Done

Western press coverage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative is frequently filtered through anxieties about shifts in the West’s own international influence. So it’s very interesting to watch this new documentary about the BRI by Singapore’s state-owned Channel News Asia. It gives equal time to the opportunities seen by Global South countries in the BRI and the many reasons why BRI projects become unpopular. Watch the full news report here … 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 A View of the Belt and Road from Southeast

Xue Bing, China’s Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa,  wrapped up a four-nation tour of the region on Friday in Uganda  following a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at the State House in Entebbe. One would expect someone in Xue’s role to brief President Museveni about his plans, or China’s views, on how to help resolve the renewed fighting in Ethiopia, the Nile river disputes among HoA countries, or the region’s escalating food crisis. … 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 Clues About China’s “Security Th

Speculation that newly-elected Kenyan President William Ruto would pull back on ties with China, as he hinted during his election campaign, was quelled last week when the president’s ally in the National Assembly, Speaker Moses Wetangula, met with Ambassador Zhou Pingjian and said there are “ no plans to scale down collaboration with China .” Wetangula said the President will still look to China to help finance Kenya’s infrastructure development. … 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 Kenyan Government “Has No Pla

The Ghanaian government’s efforts to distance itself from the exploding controversy over the re-arrest of illegal mining kingpin Aisha Huang (aka “the Galamsey Queen”) has now reached the embassy in Beijing, where  Ambassador Winfred Nii Okai Hammond said his mission did not issue her visa. Huang was deported in 2018 on numerous illegal mining charges and then was arrested, again, after she snuck back into the country earlier this year. Her arrest has sparked a weeks-long controversy over the government’s apparent inability to bring the illegal mining situation under control.  (GHANA NEWS HIVE) … 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. Mo

Egypt’s ambition to become an African vaccine manufacturing and distribution hub is now closer to becoming a reality following Saturday’s completion of a new Chinese-built cold storage facility. The new complex, located in 6 October City on the outskirts of Cairo,  was built by the Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinovac  which also has a manufacturing agreement in place with Egypt’s state-run VASCERA. The new facility will soon handle 60 million additional doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine that will be provided by the Chinese government, according to a statement by Egyptian Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.  (EGYPT TODAY) … 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

The Middle East is often seen as a primary theater of competition between the U.S. and China, given the region’s geostrategic importance for both superpowers. While the United States has grown weary of its entanglement in Mideast wars and undemocratic governments, that doesn’t mean it is well-positioned to fill the void, according to a leading Chinese scholar. Niu Xinchun, director of the Middle East Institute of Contemporary International Relations, a think tank affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security (China’s international spy agency comparable to the CIA),  published a refreshingly candid assessment last week that details the limitations of China’s ability to challenge U.S. military supremacy in the Middle East. … 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 throughou

Developing countries in Asia, for the first time in more than 30 years, will grow faster than China, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank.  The bank forecasts China’s annual growth rate this year to be just 3.3% compared to 4.3% for developing countries in the region. ADB analysts attributed the slowdown in China’s economy to a range of issues, notably the lockdowns brought on by the country’s zero-COVID policy.  (NIKKEI ASIA) Israel and China could sign a free trade deal before the end of this year, according to Amir Lati, Israel’s Consul General in Hong Kong.  If signed, the deal would be China’s first free trade agreement in the Middle East, and would likely rile the United States.  (SOUTH CHINA MORNING 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 thro

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a notoriously hazy concept, and almost a decade after its launch, it can still be difficult to get one’s head around.  The Xavier Collaborative Research Center for Memory and Identity at the University of Saint Joseph in Macau recently took on this challenge and  created a map  that represents BRI infrastructure visually.  … 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 Mapping BRI Infrastructure appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/

In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2021, President Xi announced the Global Development Initiative (GDI) which outlines China’s vision to be a global leader in developmental affairs. The GDI is a wide umbrella that covers areas such as public health, poverty alleviation and several other issues. However, a year after its launch, many questions still persist about what it entails, how it will be implemented, and whether it complements or differs from the more well-known BRI. Additionally, the GDI has generated interest in the U.S with some circles deliberating on whether it might compete with American aid and development programs. In the second event under its Interpret China Project , the influential think tank Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) brought together a group of leading U.S. and African analysts and scholars to unpack the GDI and its implications. Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, was joined by Deb

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is taking full advantage of his time in New York to cram in as many meetings with his counterparts, mostly from developing countries, as possible. Wang, who is known for this kind of fast-paced diplomacy, met separately on Monday with foreign ministers from Nicaragua, Cuba, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and France and then in a group setting with ministers from Persian Gulf 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 Day Two of Wang Yi’s Speed-Dating Diplomacy in New York appeared first o

Chinese smartphone giant Oppo, the world’s fourth largest,  is in final preparation before launching in South America’s largest consumer market . Oppo will debut its Reno 7 model next Monday as part of the kick-off. Even for a company as formidable as Oppo, success in the Brazilian market isn’t a sure thing. The company will face costly import duties, high taxes, and many more regulations than it deals with in other 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 Chinese Smartphone Giant Oppo Readies For Brazil Deb

Senior officials from the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened a meeting of African diplomats in Beijing on Saturday, highlighting the role of the Party in Chinese diplomacy to Africa. Headed by Liu Jianchao Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC’s Central Committee, the meeting focused on party-to-party relationships, under the theme of shared modernization and development. Read  a full account of the meeting on the Direct to Africa WeChat page (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 po

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Denis Moncada, his Nicaraguan counterpart, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Monday. The two countries resumed diplomatic relations last year after Managua recognized Taiwan in 1990. They discussed a possible upgrade of their current agricultural trade deal and relations between the Communist Party of China and Nicaragua’s ruling Sandanista National Liberation Front.  Wang also met  with Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen.  (XINHUA) … 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 Lear

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria  issued an alarming warning this weekend  to some of its nationals in the country, urging them to evacuate immediately so as to avoid abduction. The embassy sent alerts that bandits are “stalking Chinese citizens and waiting for opportunities to kidnap them,” via  WeChat  and SMS to expatriates located in  Niger state’s Gurara region  outside of the capital Abuja. … 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 Embassy in Nigeria Issues Urgent Security Warning: Kidnappers “Stalking” Chine

The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s top security official, Cheng Guoping,  met with security analysts in the United Arab Emirates earlier this month to tout Beijing’s “achievements in countering anti-terrorism and de-radicalization in Xinjiang.” Cheng was joined by Xinjiang Public Security Bureau officials and administrators from the special administration government to discuss what they described as “counter-terrorism security concerns and measures.” … 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 Thinks Its Measures in Xin

China has quietly distributed more than $30 billion in so-called “emergency loans” to financially-distressed developing countries in recent years, according to new data compiled by AidData.  Details of the loans have not been publicized but analysts believe they’re intended to help borrowers avoid defaulting on Chinese-financed infrastructure loans in BRI countries. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Argentina are the top recipients.  (FINANCIAL TIMES) South African motorists will have to pay much more for imported Chinese tires after the government imposed a 39% tariff . The move was in response to complaints by the SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference which represents both South African and international tire makers that Chinese importers were selling at below market rates that were described as “predatory.” Almost half of all imported tires to SA come from China.  (NEWS 24) … Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key tren

While a possible Xi-Putin meeting dominates the headlines, another conversation on the SCO sidelines in Samarkand could signal a headache for Western powers.  Speculation is mounting  that President Xi could also meet with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The recent withdrawal of Chinese and Indian troops from a section of their contested border  is being seen as a signal  that the meeting will take place after Indian diplomats reportedly told their Chinese counterparts that Modi’s attendance is subject to the easing of border tensions. … 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) Alread

India’s prominence at the SCO summit comes at a delicate moment for the United States as  India moves to limit  its participation in the new U.S.-led  Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) . Indian officials said it will not join IPEF’s trade agreement, one of four core areas of cooperation between the U.S. and Asian economies like India, Japan and South Korea, because it opens developing economies up to discrimination.  … 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 Crows As India Bails on IPEF Trade Pillar appeared

Kenya and China will “expand [their] relations on infrastructure, agriculture, education – among other broad arrays of issues – for the mutual benefit of our countries,”  according to  Kenya’s new President William Ruto.  Ruto spoke  during a meeting  with China’s Special Representative for African Affairs, Liu Yuxi. … 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’s New President Flips on China appeared first on The China Global South Project . source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2022/09/15/kenyas-new-president-flips

Kenya’s new President William Ruto, takes power at a complex time for the East African country. As Kenya’s economy creaks under a large debt burden, he also faces numerous regional challenges, including conflict in Ethiopia and terrorism in Somalia.  These challenges are complex because they also imply balancing competing Great Power aspirations in the region, as the world’s geostrategic focus increasingly falls on the Indian Ocean.  … 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’s New President Faces Many Challenges, I

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo  has poured gasoline  on the controversy around the recent re-arrest of En (aka Aisha) Huang, a Chinese national accused of returning to Ghana to engage in illegal gold mining despite being deported four years ago for similar crimes.  The president mused: “I’m not still sure whether she (Aisha Huang) was in fact deported or whether she fled the country the first time, and has now come back” … 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 Galamsey Queen Update: Ghana’s President Digs the Hole D

The Sri Lankan government  hired the boutique Paris-based financial advisory firm Lazard  to negotiate on its behalf with bilateral creditors in China, Japan, and India, among others. If that firm sounds familiar, it’s because  it’s the same company that was brought in to help shepherd the Zambian government  through its successful debt restructuring process. Separately,  IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva implored China and other major creditors on Tuesday  to work harder and move faster to prevent a full-blown debt crisis in the developing world. … 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% S