Will China’s Investments Reshape Africa’s Internet?
The following post is republished from the Power3.0 blog, with permission: The Imitation Game:...
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LatestBelt and Road Meets International Pushback
Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the world’s largest infrastructure investment project to...
China-Africa Ties Strained as Trump Reveals Counter-offer
Beijing continues to prioritize China-Africa ties, especially in investment, with Xi Jinping...
China to Increase Military Role in Africa
China launched its first overseas military base in 2017 with the establishment of a strategic...
Crackdown in Guangzhou’s “Little Africa” Stokes Fear
As China’s diplomacy, trade, and investment in African nations has increased in recent...
Spreading Soft Power Through Language in Africa
China’s Confucius Institutes (CI)–government-funded centers for research and language...
The Tide is Changing for Chinese in Africa
In the New York Times, Brook Larmer looks at Chinese businesses and immigrants in Namibia to...
Last African Allies Stick By Taiwan
Since the landslide election of pro-independence candidate Tsai Ing-wen as president of Taiwan...
Howard French: Is “China in Africa” Something to Fear?
The Washington Post’s Laura Seay discusses China’s presence in Africa with Howard...
China Strives to Be on African Minds, and TV Sets
As China increases investment and ties with various African nations, the government is also...
China to Send 700 Combat Troops to South Sudan
The Guardian’s Africa correspondent David Smith reports that China will soon send 700 combat...
Tanzanian Ivory Smuggled During Xi Visit, Says NGO
An environmental watchdog organization has accused Chinese officials and businessmen of smuggling...
What China Wants
A featured essay in The Economist this week asks what drives China, and places much emphasis on...
Obama Suggests U.S. is Better Partner to Africa
During the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Barack Obama took a veiled jab at...
High Stakes for China and the West in Africa
Howard French, author of China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New...
CDT Bookshelf: Howard French on China in Africa
The story of China in Africa is not just one of lumbering and faceless state-owned enterprises...
China’s “Second Continent” And Cultural Collisions
At HuffPost Live, journalist Howard French speaks about the themes in his book...
China Puts $2 Bln on Fighting Neocolonial Image in Africa
Following Premier Li Keqiang’s recent tour of Africa on which he unveiled new aid totaling...
