Matthias Giessler is a freelance writer and policy analyst with special focus on China's geopolitical and economic interests in (primarily sub-Saharan) Africa.
Excerpts from this recent Telegraph article also supports the observation that news reports of China’s activities in Africa have dramatically decreased in the run-up to the Olympics. A demand by China that the Zimbabwean...
Read MoreNPR is broadcasting a five-part series about China’s pivotal new role on the African continent this week. First is a look at China’s historic ties to oil-exporting Sudan — ties that go back more than a century....
Read MoreAngola’s Business is Booming with China While the exact loan amounts are unknown, media reports have indicated Angola has taken between $4bn and $11bn in loans from China in recent years. Trade between the two nations is...
Read MoreIn an opinion piece in the Telegraph, columnist Christopher Booker writes: It may not be surprising that, as befits any mad dictator, President Mugabe is now the proud owner of a palatial £4.5 million mansion in Harare and a...
Read MoreHoward W. French, senior writer for the New York Times, comments on China’s non-interference policy as demonstrated lately in its veto of sanctions on Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and its opposition to a warrant sought by...
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