Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | CHINA Zhong Jianhua 2nd November 2008 China's Ambassador to South Africa The career of China’s new Ambassador to South Africa, Zhong Jianhua, hints at the importance Beijing places on its biggest trade partner in Africa. A graduate of the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages,...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | CHINAAFRICA Africa's Chinese guests 30th October 2008 The Chinese ministers and officials who have led diplomatic and commercial missions to Africa since 2002 Table
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA The new men in place 30th October 2008 Beijing's foreign minister wants to know the implications of Jacob Zuma's ANC presidency Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited South Africa on 7 January 2008 to deepen a relationship which has been elevated to a ‘strategic dialogue’. The visit was to...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | ANGOLACHINA Coming cleanish on the money 30th October 2008 New details are emerging about Angola’s public finances and the management of the mega-credit lines from Angola Angola's Finance Ministry has strengthened its policy to promote greater transparency in public finances, with the disclosure of new details about Chinese credit lines that support an array of projects...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | CHINA Yang Jiechi: Chief Diplomat of the Road 30th October 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | SOUTH AFRICAJAPAN Akihiko Furuya 30th October 2008 Japanese Ambassador to South Africa
Vol 1 (AAC) No 12 | CHINAAFRICA Champions of commerce 28th October 2008 The latest figures rank China as the biggest lender and investor in African infrastructure – and the continent's second biggest trading partner China’s trade with Africa is to reach US$117 billion this year, according to an internal report by Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID). China will also be...