China has extended its dominance at home and abroad over critical minerals that are essential to future high-tech and renewable-energy industries. Amid intensifying geopolitical competition, Western countries are increasing...
After launching a second satellite for Venezuela, Chinese state media reports China is now planning for a launch of a second African satellite. This announcement comes amid recent tensions in Africa surrounding the murder of two...
Perceived bias on the part of a Japanese referee triggered unrest in Lubumbashi, a centre of Chinese activity in the copper mining industry: those involved apparently mistook the man’s nationality. From the BBC: Reports...
Western donors are putting pressure on the Democratic Republic of Congo not to accept Chinese financing for a minerals-for-infrastructure deal, valued at $9 billion. From the Financial Times: Most western donors have said they...
From Xinhua: At a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, a senior Chinese diplomat commented that China is very concerned over the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Judging...
An opinion piece in Britain’s Prospect Magazine argues that China’s exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s natural resources is behind the violence and turmoil in the country: History is mocking the...
In the Daily Mail, Peter Hitchens gives a dramatic perspective on the living and working conditions of laborers in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo working for Chinese companies: These poor, hopeless, angry people...
BBC Video report: After decades of civil war, the Democratic Republic of Congo is about to sign an agreement with China who will provide $9 billion worth of investment in rebuilding infrastructure in exchange for the...
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