Belt and Road Initiative Job insecurity, labour contestation and everyday resistance at the Chinese-built Lamu port site in Kenya February 26, 2020 1 Image Credit: Image provided by the author. Written by Elisa Gambino. Approaching the berth area of the Lamu port construction site one morning, the shouts…
Africa As the Sino-African relationship flourishes, increasing anti-African sentiment in China is alarming August 30, 2019 0 Image Credit: Weibo Button by bfishadow/Flickr, Licence: CC BY 2.0. By Kwizela Aristide Basebya. Relations between China and Africa today are far less thorny than they used…
China Chinese Christianity encounters Islam along the Belt and Road Initiative July 3, 2019 0 Written by Emily Dawes. Image Credit: A Crucifix by Simon Shek/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China’s indigenous Christian missions began in the early twentieth century with…
Africa Competitive cooperation: The connection between Chinese and Russian initiatives in Africa and beyond June 26, 2019 0 Written by Tom Harper. Image Credit: 20140108-DSC_7791 by Jbdodane/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Recent moves by Russia in a number of African states, under the guidance of Yevgeny…
China The other side of China’s role in South Africa April 26, 2018 0 Written by Ian Taylor. The People’s Republic of China officially broke ties with South Africa, after some apparent hesitation, in 1960 and resumed them only…
China What Xi Jinping’s extended tenure means for Africa April 18, 2018 0 Written by Cobus van Staden. China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world. The announcement, made after a vote by China’s parliament…
China African Students in China: the intersection of educational and trading-led migration April 2, 2018 0 Written by Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho. China is fast becoming a global hub where a variety of immigrants with different visa situations and motivations are converging. Although…
China The Overseas NGO Law and its Effects on Chinese NGOs’ Contribution to Global Development February 16, 2017 1 Written by Jennifer Y.J. Hsu and Reza Hasmath. China’s Overseas NGO Law came into effect on 1 January 2017. At last count, 20 overseas NGOs…
China ‘All-Weather Friendship’: COP22 and Its Effect on Sino-African Relations December 22, 2016 0 Written by Niall Duggan and Obert Hodzi. Statements made by leaders of China and the United States between 2014 and 2016 outlined the two countries’…
China-Africa Chinese agriculture in the wake of the global food crisis May 13, 2015 0 Written by Francesca Bray. In 2007-8 a food crisis rocked the world. A concatenation of climatic, economic and financial factors sent global food prices rocketing.…
