Rajpriya Gautam

Congolese ministers have been in Beijing all week  preparing for Wednesday’s arrival of President Félix Tshisekedi. Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula met with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on Monday and Mining Minister N’samba Kalambayi held talks with both corporate and government stakeholders the following day. But you’d never know from the Chinese media that the leaders of one of Africa’s largest and strategically most important countries are in town. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobals

Traffic on South Africa’s main railway line that connects the country’s urban hubs of Johannesburg and Pretoria with Africa’s largest port in Durban operated at just 25% capacity last week — hobbled by rampant theft, vandalism and damage. The 688-kilometer rail line is one of the world’s most important arteries in the global supply chain as it transports millions of tons of raw materials from across southern Africa to the Port of Durban for shipment to China and other major industrial centers. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More

The South African government  announced  in May that discussions around setting up a common currency will be on the agenda of the BRICS summit in August. Calls for the bloc, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to work together to boost non-dollar trade have increased over recent months. Much of this pressure  has been political. The United States’s dollar-targeted sanctions against Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war  have elevated  the issue among these leaders, but these have largely been framed politically. So far,  concrete plans  for how to implement and administer such a scheme have lagged behind. 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

While joint military exercises between China and countries like South Africa draw controversy, much less attention is being paid to the role of policing in Africa-China relations. A fascinating new paper  by the Africa-China security expert Paul Nantuyla maps the growing influence of Chinese law enforcement in Africa. This includes the normalization of Chinese policing norms via institutional links and training. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/23/the-growing-influence-of-chine

The central Chinese province of Hunan has spent years positioning itself as an African trading hub, and according to the latest customs data, its efforts are now paying significant dividends. Trade between the province and African countries surged by 90% in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year to $3.14 billion. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/23/hunans-trade-with-africa-is-up-90-in-2023/

The Chinese government lodged a formal complaint to Japan over the wording of the G7 communiqué published over the weekend.  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Saturday that China felt it had been “attacked”  and that a number of points raised in the G7’s joint statement amounted to an “interference in its internal affairs.” 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/22/china-angry-with-japan-over-g7-joint-statement-labels-accusations-as-hype/

Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are the current focal point in the escalating competition for influence between the United States and China around the world. Both Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Micronesia signed defense agreements with the United States on Monday  during a brief visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/22/papua-new-guinea-micronesia-to-sign-agreement-with-u-s-as-pacific-island-countries-increasingly-take-sides-in-great-power-rival

If your media diet is predominantly from Western, Japanese or Indian sources, then it’s quite likely you’ve seen one of the countless obituaries this year for China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The narrative in articles like Foreign Policy’s “ China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere ” or Nikkei Asia’s “ Belt and Road Initiative at tipping point ” all highlight the debt problems that now bedevil many of the countries that borrowed heavily from China under the auspices of the BRI. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://ch

The Chinese government  confirmed that DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi will embark on a five-day official state visit beginning Wednesday that will also include a meeting with Xi Jinping. Speculation about the President’s trip intensified over the weekend after it was  revealed that Congolese Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula arrived in Beijing on Sunday to make advance preparations for Tshisekedi’s arrival. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/22/drc-president-tshisekedi-

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Australia in July in the latest indication that tensions between the two countries are easing.  In another sign of détente, Beijing is lifting many of the economic sanctions that it imposed on Australian agricultural and mining products for the past 2-3 years.  (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST) India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar denounced China’s “opaque lending practices” and warned other Indian Ocean states on Friday about Beijing’s disregard for the rule of law.  The minister also attacked China for not respecting “sovereignty and territorial integrity.”   (TIMES OF INDIA) 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 t

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday  approved  a $3 billion debt bailout deal for Ghana. The debt-distressed country will receive an immediate payment of $600 million. The announcement is a win for China,  which co-chaired  the official creditor committee with France and participated in the negotiations towards the deal. However, it also reflects Ghana’s relatively limited exposure to Chinese debt, with  smaller loans and fewer lenders  than for example, in  Zambia . This likely made the negotiations less complex that in other cases (see below.) 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 $19/mo

U.S. President Joe Biden will leave for Japan on Wednesday to attend a G7 leaders summit in Hiroshima, but rather than continue on to Australia and what would have been a landmark visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), he’ll head straight back to Washington instead. The White House on Tuesday announced that the President is curtailing his Asia-Pacific tour  so he can manage negotiations with Republican lawmakers over the debt limit. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/17/domestic-u-s-po

Although now more than a decade old, China’s large media presence in Africa remains poorly understood on the continent and by most foreign observers. While investment to expand TV broadcaster CGTN, China Daily and China Radio International’s footprint on the continent stalled shortly after Xi Jinping took power in 2012, the Chinese are still very active in distributing CPC propaganda through free licensing arrangements with African media outlets and sponsoring dozens of African journalists and editors to travel to China each year on all-expense paid trips. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Sa

A new set of charts compiled by the China-Mideast researcher Andrea Ghiselli provides an intriguing glimpse of how Chinese investment in Sub-Saharan Africa is evolving. The charts are reportedly based on data from statistical yearbooks and investment bulletins. Big Trends: Chinese Investment in Africa FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT:  Chinese FDI in Africa by stock remained roughly even between 2018 and 2021. However, Africa’s percentage of China’s total global FDI by stock is declining year by year. The two patterns arguably reveal a plateauing of investment in Africa while China’s global investment raced ahead. This should be concerning news for African policymakers. CONTRACTS:  The value of contracts won by Chinese companies fluctuated in the late 2010s but crept back up even during the pandemic. The trend contrasts with a sharp decline in financing from Chinese banks for African projects between the mid-2010s and the mid-pandemic. This could indicate that Chinese companies remain

While China won’t formally attend this week’s G7 summit, starting from Thursday in Japan, it’s likely to dominate the discussions anyway. The bloc (made up of France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada) is not known for its interest in the developing world. However, this week’s summit is coming amid anxiety about China’s growing clout in the Global South, and early signs are that these concerns are expanding its gaze Southwards. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinagl

The China Exim Bank will reportedly come to the rescue of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline  after Standard Chartered Bank withdrew from the project  that aims to transport oil from western Uganda to the coast of Tanzania. Ugandan Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa confirmed that the Chinese policy bank, along with “several other Chinese banks”, will finance an unspecified amount of the $1.8 billion needed to build the 1,443-kilometer pipeline,  according to a report in the Daily Monitor newspaper. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn Mo

First-quarter smartphone shipments to countries in the Mideast and Africa slumped to their lowest level in seven years, with some of China’s top device makers all losing share. High inflation and weak local currencies are largely to blame for the downturn,  according to analysts at the technology research firm Counterpoint . While shipments are down compared to the same period last year, they are showing signs of rebounding compared to Q3 and Q4 last year, when shipments fell by 20% and 18% 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to L

A 58% year-on-year surge in exports in the first quarter of the year propelled China past Japan to become the world’s largest auto exporting country. Sales to markets in Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa together accounted for 40% of the 1.07 million units shipped in the January to April period, according to customs data. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/15/china-passes-japan-to-become-largest-auto-exporter/

Chinese imports fell for a second consecutive month in April, dipping 8% compared to the same time last year in what is potentially a worrisome trend for Global South commodity producers.  Chinese exports, however, increased last month by almost 9%, according to new customs data. (REUTERS) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining robust ties with China despite worsening territorial disputes and closer security cooperation with the U.S.  “Disengagement is really not an option,” he told an audience in Washington, D.C. before returning home this weekend.  (PHILIPPINE STAR) China will conduct rare joint military exercises with Laos later this month in a bid to bolster regional security ties to counter the expanding U.S. presence in Southeast Asia.  The PLA’s Southern Command will send troops to the landlocked country for the two-week-long drills that are scheduled to begin on Tuesday.  (REUTERS) The UAE’s state-owned nuclear power company signe

As the  civil war in Sudan  threatens to turn into a regional conflict, it could take a significant chunk of Chinese financing with it. At least $5 billion  worth of Chinese loans to Sudan are now in danger as hundreds of thousands of Sudanese flee, and  conflict  rages in the capital of Khartoum. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/11/sudan-crisis-is-adding-to-chinas-debt-woes-in-africa/

The BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)  will discuss  the feasibility of a joint currency at an upcoming summit in Johannesburg in August. Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,  acknowledged  that scheduling the discussion was prompted by calls from member states to move away from the U.S. dollar. However, SA seems hesitant about the complications of a possible BRICS currency.  Pandor said : 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/11/sout

A Pakistani crowd protesting the arrest of former president Imran Khan on corruption charges set fire to a monument celebrating China-Pakistan military cooperation. The monument is a reproduction of the Shenyang F-6 aircraft, a Chinese-made replica of the Soviet MiG-21, which was widely used in Pakistan’s war with India in the early 1970s. It is unclear whether the incident was meant to send an anti-China message or if the plane was collateral damage in the protests. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinag

Chinese giant Tsingshang’s Zimbabwe subsidiary, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), will start importing electricity from Mozambique’s Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric power project once complete. This follows a plan, supported by the Zimbabwean government, to have Disco exclusively import power for the $1.5 billion steel and ferrochrome facility that is coming up near the central town of Mvuma, a small mining town in Midlands province. Mvuma is 530km from the Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric power project in Mozambique’s Tete province which borders Zimbabwe to the northeast. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $1

Mounting concerns over Taiwan and maritime territorial  disputes in the South China Sea figured prominently on the opening day of a Southeast Asian leaders summit in Indonesia. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said on Tuesday that he plans to raise the issue of  a new Code of Conduct to help resolve disputes in the South China Sea  — a region that China mostly considers for itself and steadfastly protects through both its Coast Guard and a vast fishing fleet that serves as a sort of maritime militia. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Her

Chinese auto exports around the world jumped 70% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, according to new customs data . And it appears that Chinese auto manufacturers are earning more from each sale as the value of exports in the January-April period surged 120% year-on-year to $29.5 billion. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/10/chinese-auto-exports-surge-as-prc-brands-gain-traction-in-global-south/

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced  that President Xi Jinping will chair a summit between  China and Central Asian states  in the northern city of Xi’an on May 18 and 19. The so-called C+C5 summit  will include  leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/09/china-central-asia-summit-confirmed-for-may-18-and-19/

With yearly media blitzes like the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo,  China’s Hunan province  is increasingly key to agricultural trade with the continent. This trade jumped by 82.9% last year alone, coming to $2 billion in the first quarter of 2023,  according to  recent provincial customs data. However, Hunan’s trade role is about more than Africa. Last week, Huaihua City, Hunan, hosted the first  Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade expo. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglo

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced a new talking point aimed at countering accusations by U.S. legislators and other stakeholders that Beijing engages in predatory lending in Africa. For the first time on Friday, the Ministry referenced “dollar hegemony” as the primary reason for the worsening debt situation in many 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. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/08/china-africas-debt-problems-due-to-dollar-hegemony/

A debate broke out on Twitter on Monday over whether Chinese maritime militia vessels operating in the South China Sea had intentionally changed course in order to shadow the ongoing India-ASEAN joint naval exercises that are now underway there. Ray Powell , a former U.S. Air Force officer and now Team Lead of the Gordian Knot Center at Stanford University that monitors Chinese maritime activity in the South China Sea,  started to post regular updates about an apparent change of course by the vessels. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Lear

One of China’s most senior diplomats in Africa, Ambassador Chen Xiaodong in South Africa,  took to Twitter to brag that once again, his country seemingly outperformed  the United States in evacuating its nationals from a conflict zone in North Africa. Chen’s Tweet was part of a broader media campaign that highlighted the different approaches taken by the U.S. and China during the recent evacuations of their personnel from Sudan. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/08/botched-u-s-e

The chairman of the world’s largest electric vehicle company, China’s BYD, met with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà in Hanoi late last week to discuss the company’s plans to expand in the Southeast Asian country. BYD announced plans to build a new factory in northern Phú Thọ province to build cars that will be sold domestically and throughout the ASEAN market.  (VIETNAM PLUS) 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/08/byd-chairman-discuss-manuacturing-sales-expansion-with

Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has set in motion electricity generation by the country’s first Independent Power Producing company (IPP), Sosian Energy. Sosian Menengai Geothermal Power was scheduled to start operations by September last year after the company received $48 million from China-based Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor . The funding was for the construction of a geothermal power plant on Kenya’s Menengai Crater floor. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/05/keny

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will embark on a three-day, two-nation African tour, marking the second G7 leader this week to visit the continent.  Scholz will arrive in Ethiopia on Thursday and then go to Kenya on Friday. The Chancellor’s visit is widely seen as part a broader EU effort to rebuild its diminished diplomatic and commercial presence in Africa.  (DEUTSCHE WELLE) Sri Lanka granted the Chinese ports operator China Merchants Ports Holdings a 50-year exclusive lease to build and run a logistics center at Colombo Port.  The deal is a public-private partnership, and the facility will be transferred to the Sri Lankan government after the lease period as part of a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.  (SUNDAY 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 G

China and India are commercial rivals in fields as diverse as  antibiotics  and  spices . The two are also increasingly trying to expand their influence among governments across the Indian Ocean region. The rivalry can’t be separated from broader geopolitical tensions between the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific region.  Observers have pointed out  that as India-China tensions rise, India is facing less pressure from the United States on anti-Muslim crackdowns and other forms of democratic backsliding and its ongoing  commercial and political relationship  with Russia. 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 $19/mo OR

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos, met U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for brunch on Tuesday at her official residence in northwest Washington. D.C. During their talks at the residence, the two reaffirmed the strength of their military alliance and the Vice President  reiterated that the U.S. stands ready to back the Philippines under their mutual defense treaty . 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/03/chinese-scholars-say-closer-phil

A post went viral this week on the Chinese social media platform Weibo that highlighted the growing insecurity in China about the prospect of more manufacturing companies moving their operations overseas in response to the pressures from the United States for companies to diversify their supply chains. The post mentioned that some local Chinese governments near the border are even working directly with Vietnamese authorities to buy land and set up industrial parks that Chinese companies can use to base their operations. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip  launched a barrage of 22 missiles on the neighboring Israeli city of Sderot on Tuesday , hitting a construction site where three Chinese workers were injured.  One worker was hit by shrapnel and taken to the hospital for surgery.  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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/03/three-chinese-workers-in-israel-injured-in-palestinian-missile-attack/

Researchers at the Kiel Institue for the World Economy in Germany launched a new database of African debt that confirms a key Chinese talking point: Beijing’s loans to African countries are significantly cheaper than those of commercial creditors. However, David Mihalyi and Christoph Trebesch, both prominent scholars on African debt issues, also found that Chinese loans are considerably more expensive than those from multilateral lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More

U.S. intelligence sources say  construction has resumed on a suspected Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates,  reports the Washington Post . The allegations form part of a recent leak  of classified documents on the social media site Discord. The Discord leaks reportedly  included  intelligence briefings stating that construction had resumed in December and that Chinese military personnel were spotted at the site. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/02/chinese-mili

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida  announced  his government will provide $500 million to promote peace and stability in Africa. He made the announcement in Accra, the second stop in a  week-long African tour  explicitly aimed at countering Russia and China’s influence on the continent. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis. Read exclusive insights on the key trends shaping China-Africa relations. Full access to the News Feed that provides daily updates on Chinese engagement in Africa and throughout the Global South. China, Africa and the Global South... find out what’s happening. Subscribe today for unlimited access. Monthly $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/02/japans-pm-kishida-tours-africa-amid-china-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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/02/connecting-the-dots-chinas-hebei-province-and-africa/

Climate security campaigner 350.org is pleading with financiers to withhold support of the construction of the 1,443km East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) which cuts across Tanzania and Uganda. On Thursday, the New York-based organization accused France’s TotalEnergies of profiteering from Africa by exploiting its labor and neglecting host communities . The move comes as Uganda is readying itself for the third licensing round of its oil & gas exploration aimed at further expanding investment opportunities in the sector. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber?

China’s Hinen Group is expanding into South Africa with a promise to make renewable energy accessible and affordable for everyone, according to the company’s Country Manager, Andy Zhou Xiang Yang. Hinen Solar South Africa is launching in the Southern African nation that has found it hard to wean itself off coal. This is a hurdle in the country’s shift to renewable energy. 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 $19/mo OR Yearly $199/yr (17% Savings) Already a subscriber? Log in Click Here to Learn More source https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2023/05/02/chinese-company-targets-south-africa-with-renewable-energy-solutions-d