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[AUDIO] China in Africa podcast: The Sino-U.S. Soft Power Showdown
Travel to almost any African capital and even before you make it from the airport to downtown there is a very high likelihood you will pass a Chinese construction project along the way. From the new...
View ArticleWikileaks reveals failures of Western aid in Africa
It really shouldn’t comes as a huge surprise that African governments have become tired of the West’s indulgent aid and development programs that place a significantly higher emphasis on “process” over...
View Article[AUDIO] With an eye on China, the US re-orients its policy in Africa
The United States announces a new foreign policy platform for Africa that is eerily similar to China’s ‘aid not trade’ position | Two of China’s largest telecom manufacturers get a two-year ban from...
View ArticleBeijing: unaware of Gambia’s plans to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan;...
[PRC] Foreign Ministry responds to the “cutting of diplomatic ties” between Gambia and Taiwan 外交部回应冈比亚与台”断交” By He Liu of China Daily. Published November 15 at 4:19 pm on Sina.cn. 2013-11-15 16:19 作者...
View Article[AUDIO] China’s new diplomatic strategy in Africa: humility
Just a few weeks after visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang admitted that China was going through “growing pains” in its engagement Africa, Beijing’s central bank chief, Zhou Xiaochuan, acknowledged...
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[AUDIO] How South Sudan is changing China
It’s widely accepted that China is having a profound impact on China but rarely are African countries credited with changing China. The rare exception is South Sudan. China’s complex economic and...
View Article[AUDIO] China FM to Africa: ‘we’re not building an empire’
There is a custom in Chinese diplomacy that the Foreign Minister’s first overseas trip of the year always begins in Africa. This year was no exception as Wang Yi led a high-profile tour of five...
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[AUDIO] China’s mystery deal with the African Union
It’s not really news anymore when China announces yet another massive infrastructure construction deal in Africa. Typically these deals are done at the national level so when Beijing and the African...
View Article[AUDIO] How the US and China struggle to balance interests & ideals in Ethiopia
In April, visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, showered her Ethiopian hosts in Addis Ababa with effusive praise about their country’s budding “democracy.” She...
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[AUDIO] China’s proposed ivory ban: breakthrough or BS?
China’s surprise announcement that it will phase out the trade and manufacturing of ivory came as a rare piece of good news for Africa’s rapidly shrinking elephant population. While most major...
View ArticleIntroduction to China-Africa relations : A Q&A with Eric Olander
The following interview was conducted via email with Deng Chuyang, a University of Pennsylvania student who interned in the Beijing office of Bloomberg BusinessWeek in spring 2015. QUESTION: In your...
View Article[AUDIO] Terrorism forces its way onto the China-Africa agenda
Until just a few weeks, security had not been expected to be a major topic at the December Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Johannesburg. In the span of just a few short weeks, terrorism...
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[AUDIO] China and the world: what to expect in 2016
The December China-Africa leaders summit in Johannesburg culminated the end of what was a very busy year for Chinese president Xi Jinping and his foreign policy team. In many ways, 2015 marked a...
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[AUDIO] China/Africa vs. China/South America
China’s engagement in Africa is often seen by many observers in a vacuum without a broader understanding of how the relationship compares to Beijing’s strategy in other regions of the world. South...
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[AUDIO] China poised to benefit from Trump’s Africa policy (or lack thereof)
Although leaders in Asia, Europe and the Americas are struggling to figure out what are the implications of Donald J. Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency. At least in those regions, the...
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[AUDIO] Is China a partner or predator in Africa (or both)?
Depending on who you speak with, China’s engagement in Africa is often described in extreme terms as either the best thing to happen to the continent in the post-colonial era or just the latest...
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[AUDIO] Why U.S. & Chinese Foreign Policy Are More Alike Than You Might Think
When Xi Jinping visited Donald Trump this week at the U.S. president’s Florida estate for their first face-to-face meeting, many of the photos of the two leaders together conveyed a sense of...
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[PODCAST] China may be a lot of things in Africa, but it’s NOT a colonizer
One of the most durable narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that the PRC is now just the newest foreign country to colonize the continent. While the Europeans may have used brute force,...
View Article[AUDIO] Why Trump’s “Nambia” gaffe is so important to the China-Africa narrative
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed deeper levels of ignorance about Africa than many thought possible during a luncheon speech this week to a group of African leaders. During his brief, 800-word...
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[AUDIO] China’s proposed ivory ban: breakthrough or BS?
China’s surprise announcement that it will phase out the trade and manufacturing of ivory came as a rare piece of good news for Africa’s rapidly shrinking elephant population. While most major...
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