Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | TAIWANAFRICA Ready, able and unlikely 31st August 2011 Officials at Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) are playing down reports that the government is mulling a naval escort for its ships facing the threat of piracy in the...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWETAIWAN Trucking trials 13th July 2011 The trial of Jack Hsieh (Hsieh Ping-sung) and his four truckers, accused of defrauding powerful Zimbabwean interests, rumbles on. Hsieh, who is from Taiwan and has South African...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 6 | MALAWICHINATAIWAN What the doctor ordered 15th April 2011 The corruption trial of Malawi’s former President Bakili Muluzi at the Blantyre High Court exposes the lack of transparency and good governance in Taiwan’s aid to African countries. Bakili Muluzi,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINATAIWAN Friends and benefits 31st March 2011 Veteran oppositionist Michael ‘King Cobra’ Sata often accuses President Rupiah Banda and the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy of being too cosy with China. Now Sata stands accused...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | TAIWAN Jen-Chih 'Robert' Huang 31st March 2011 Chief Executive Officer, Mpisi 74 South Africa has been a land of opportunity and peril for Taiwan’s Robert Huang, an essential link in a series of deals connecting Asian companies to the presidential...