By Dan Large, Research Director, Africa-Asia Institute, School of Oriental and Africa Studies; Professor Chris Alden, London School of Economics; and Dr Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, St Peter’s College, Oxford. The three have jointly edited a volume of essays entitled ‘China Returns to Africa’ (Christopher Hurst & Co, London, August 2008).
Accelerating China-Africa trade and diplomatic relations are the dominant topic in the Africa-Asia nexus – even if India and Japan have taken the spotlight with grand African summits...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 12 |
- ZAMBIA
- CHINA
- EUROPE
Local contractors' frustration with the Chinese success story is growing
After a spate of high-profile contract awards, local contractors are accusing their Chinese competitors of using political influence and state subsidies from Beijing to dominate Zambia’s construction market....
Vol 1 (AAC) No 12 |
- NIGERIA
- CHINA
China's Ambassador to Nigeria
Ambassador to Africa’s biggest oil producer, Xu Jianguo has presided over a rapid expansion of commercial and diplomatic ties since his posting to Abuja in September 2006. Chinese...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
- CHINA
Chinese interests are to help draw up a national development plan for Congo-Kinshasa
China's activities in Congo-Kinshasa began with mining, moved
into infrastructure and are now more ambitious still: they are
diversifying into national development planning. Relations were
strengthened by President Joseph Kabila's
visit for...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- SUDAN
- CHINA
The new Consulate in Juba is the sign of strengthening relations between the Government of Southern Sudan and China
A new phase in China's relations with Sudan began on 1 September
when Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun inaugurated the
new Chinese Consulate in Juba. This was an historic move...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 |
- CHINA
Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies
Huawei is China's largest producer
of telecommunications equipment, built by an enigmatic figure,
Ren Zhengfei. Born in 1944, Ren attended Chongqing University
of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
Geographic and sectoral 'special economic zones' are China's keys to opening African markets to increased trade
African states are competing to host China's special economic zones in the expectation they
will bring in billions of dollars of investments and create tens
of thousands of jobs -in...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- MAURITIUS
- CHINA
Prime Minister Ramgoolam's plan for Chinese investment faces a few hurdles yet
Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam began
negotiations to make his country China's second special economic
zone at the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing
in November 2006, after the Indian...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- ANGOLA
- TANZANIA
- CHINA
Chinese investors are to rescue Tanzania's state-owned airline and rennovate Julius Nyerere International Airport
Talks on a complex three-party investment deal between China and
Angola and the ailing Air Tanzania Company are nearing conclusion, officials have confirmed in Dar es Salaam. The aim...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 |
- NAMIBIA
- CHINA
China's investment plans in southern Africa are running up against legal barriers
Namibia Construction and South Africa's Murray & Roberts
claim that a N$74.4 million (US$9.5 mn.) contract awarded last
year to China Nanjing International for the construction of a
new headquarters for...