Author: Matthias Giessler
Matthias Giessler is a freelance writer and policy analyst with special focus on China's geopolitical and economic interests in (primarily sub-Saharan) Africa.
Colonial Ambitions?
In an article on newmatilda.com, Hannah Edinger examines China’s influence in the Africa. Most interestingly, she discusses the opaque nature of China’s foreign aid to the continent: [...] The absence of a central aid agency, the lack of general time series data of annual aid flows, and the non-transparent n
August 12, 2008 10:49 AM
China in Africa Round-up 08.01: ICC Indictment, Chinese Troops in Darfur, Anti-Dumping Investigation in SA, China Funds in Africa, and A Chinese Color War
From Xinhua: China Urges Security Council to Suspend ICC Indictment of Sudanese Leader China on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to suspend the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. “China supports the reasonable request by the African Union and ot
August 1, 2008 11:05 AM
Most Recent Entries
- 2008.07.31 China May Be Right in Africa
- 2008.07.30 China in Africa Round-up 07.30: China-Niger Oil Deal, African Art in Beijing, and China’s Power Diplomacy
- 2008.07.30 China to Extend Africa Acquisitions
- 2008.07.28 China Tells Mugabe “To Behave”
- 2008.07.28 NPR Series: China’s Rising Power in Africa
- 2008.07.22 China in Africa Round-up 07.22: Booming Business in Angola, Elephant Poaching, and Hui Li, the” Chinese Schweitzer”, African Traders Rebuffed
- 2008.07.20 Why Has China Bought Mugabe a Mansion?
- 2008.07.19 China’s Hands-off Foreign Policy a Collapse of Creativity
- 2008.07.18 Is China Colonizing Africa?
- 2008.07.17 China in Africa Round-up 07.17: Genocide By Proxy, Colonization Denied, and Anger Over Ivory
- 2008.07.15 China Gets Permission to Import Ivory From Africa
- 2008.07.15 China Has “Grave Concerns” Over ICC Sudan Decision
- 2008.07.14 China Hits Back at BBC Report on Sudan
