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…
China China’s growing debt levels and slow SOE reform February 21, 2020 0 Image Credit: China Telecom Logo by WordRidden/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. China's runaway debt is very much a public sector issue, as the Institute of…
China What does the fragmentation of the WTO mean for global trade? June 13, 2019 0 Written by Daouda Cissé. Image Credit: WTO by Enrique Mendizabal/Flickr, License: CC BY-ND 2.0. In 2001, the World Trade Organisation admitted that more than half of…
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 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 Where Africa fits into China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative June 13, 2017 0 Written by Yu-Shan Wu, Chris Alden and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos. Chinese President Xi Jinping made it clear at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that the world…
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’…
