Africa What does the coronavirus reveal about the presence of foreigners in Wuhan and Hubei? March 16, 2020 0 Image credit: Coronavirus by Chad Davis/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Daouda Cissé. China has long been known as a country of significant emigration,…
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…
Asia The Long Read: Gandhi’s racism October 2, 2019 1 Image Credit: ..gandhi. by Luke Cox/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0 Written by Faisal Devji. If the memory of Mahatma Gandhi lives on today, then it…
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…
Africa Belt and road: Power and communication August 30, 2019 0 Image Credit: Maroc Telecom antennas in Western Sahara by jbdodane/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. By Helge Rønning. According to Article 3.3.7 of the ‘Forum on China-Africa Cooperation…
Africa China’s media presence in Africa is growing fast. Is its influence growing at the same pace? August 29, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by goodwines/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Dani Madrid-Morales. In a 2018 report entitled ‘China’s Pursuit of a New World Media Order’, Reporters…
Africa Sino-African education cooperation: From the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to the Belt and Road Initiative August 29, 2019 1 Image Credit: President Cyril Ramaphosa at 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation by GovernmentZA/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. By Kenneth King. This piece discusses the connection between…
Africa Cleaning up Guangzhou’s African enclave: A historical perspective August 28, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by the author. Written by Guangzhi Huang. In November 2014, the local government in Guangzhou launched a sweeping clean-up in Dengfeng Village,…
Africa The Chinese model in Africa and its wider challenge August 27, 2019 2 Image Credit: Fancy a climb? by Carsten ten Brink/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Tom Harper. Throughout its history, China’s rulers have often sought to present it as…
Africa Chinese soft power and outbound tourism to Africa August 26, 2019 0 Image Credit: African Safari Trucks 4x4 4WD by Alex Proimos/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. By Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Niall Duggan. The increase of Sino-African interactions…
