Is China Colonizing Africa?
“How China’s Taking Over Africa, and Why the West Should be VERY Worried” In a prolix and partly puzzling piece published in the online edition of the Daily Mail, the conservative British tabloid, the author...
Read MoreMatthias 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.
China in Africa Round-up 07.17: Genocide By Proxy, Colonization Denied, and Anger Over Ivory
New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof applauds the International Criminal Court’s recent request for an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, and turns his sights on China: If China continues...
Read MoreChina Gets Permission to Import Ivory From Africa
For background on this story, please see the previous CDT post, UN May Legalize Ivory Sales from Africa to China. From Reuters: China won the right at a U.N. wildlife meeting on Tuesday to import elephant ivory from Africa under...
Read MoreChina Has “Grave Concerns” Over ICC Sudan Decision
From the AP: China said Tuesday it was concerned about an International Criminal Court prosecutor’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president on charges of genocide in the African country’s...
Read MoreChina Hits Back at BBC Report on Sudan
From the AFP: A BBC report alleging that China is breaking a United Nations arms embargo on Sudan is biased, the Chinese special envoy to Darfur said in comments published here on Tuesday. Envoy Liu Guijin said China’s...
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