Matthias Giessler is a freelance writer and policy analyst with special focus on China's geopolitical and economic interests in (primarily sub-Saharan) Africa.
Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates talked with the Seattle Times about his new full time role with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Below are excerpts of his remarks about his foundation’s plans to apply...
Read MoreAfter reading about a recent incident off the coast of Cameroon where local fishermen attacked a Chinese fishing trawler, a blogger in Senegal writes: […] [T]he Chinese influx is also due to its willingness to trade...
Read MoreBelow are relevant sections on China’s engagement in Africa from an interview in the Mauritius Times with Dr. Deborah Brautigam, Associate Professor in the International Development Program at American University’s...
Read MoreReuters reports: A Chinese private equity fund set up a year ago for ventures in Africa plans to spend about $300 million on projects in 2008, its vice-president said on Friday. The China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) was...
Read MoreThe June issue of China Monitor, published by the Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, focuses on China, Africa and the global food crisis. (PDF) From the Editorial: Food inflation...
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