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…
Africa Will Africa be able to make use of Chinese development finance for sustainable development? October 17, 2018 0 Written by Marina Rudyak. Africa’s population is expected to double by 2050. Already today, 60% of Africans are below the age of 25. To give them…
Africa The limits of Chinese interference in Africa’s media landscape October 16, 2018 0 Written by Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-Morales. Is China trying to censor African media critical of its policies? This is the claim recently made by…
Africa Talking the China talk: China’s Africa discourse goes global October 5, 2018 0 Written by Ilaria Carrozza. As the 7thForum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) took place in Beijing in early September, it became clear that China’s engagement with…
Africa China’s security footprint in Africa: Towards an evolution of the application of its non-interference principle? October 4, 2018 0 Written by Benjamin Barton. China’s security footprint on the African continent has undergone considerable change in the years since President Xi Jinping’s ascent to power.…
Africa China-Africa ties and the China-Africa Cooperation Forum October 3, 2018 0 Written by Parama Sinha Palit. China-Africa ties have been greatly influenced by history. The Moroccan scholar and traveller Ibn Battuta’s visit to China in the…
China Chinese media are betting on Africa, but is anybody really watching? May 5, 2017 3 Written by Dani Madrid-Morales. In mid-January 2017, the African branch of China's Central Television (CCTV) celebrated its 5th anniversary. It was a simple celebration with…
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’…
International Relations Japan and China court Africa September 15, 2016 0 Written by Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Obert Hodzi. Africa is currently being courted by both China and Japan. Rich in natural resources and a growing market,…
