US-China Tech Rivalry Creating ‘Splinternet’
Last year, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned of “a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and...
zambia
African Ties May Indicate China’s Soft Power
Answering the question of whether China exerts soft power in the world depends heavily on the point of view of the critic, according to Trefor Moss in The Diplomat: “China has little attractive power – in the West. But...
Zambia: China’s African Headache
Violent incidents involving Chinese in Africa highlight the risks of China’s expansion on the continent. A week ago, a Chinese manager was killed at Zambia’s Collum copper mine, which has seen other conflicts in the...
Chinese Manager Killed at Zambian Mine
One Chinese manager has been killed and two injured at a copper mine in Zambia where 11 local workers were shot in 2010. From The Wall Street Journal: Scores of irate coal miners on Saturday attacked their supervisors after...
China in Africa: King Cobra and the Dragon
In the most recent episode of Al Jazeera’s People & Power, Solange Chatelard documents her time in Zambia during the campaign and election of Michael Sata. From the video’s introduction: China’s increasing...
Zambia President Changes Stance on China
Michael Sata was elected President of Zambia after waging a campaign in support of workers’ rights and against abuses by Chinese companies operating in the country. Soon after taking office, Sata declared he would target...
Chinese Businesses Face Increasing Pressure in Zambia under Sata
After Michael Sata, an outspoken critic of labor abuses by Chinese mine owners, won the election in Zambia, Chinese mine owners immediately gave significant raises to their workers. Yet now, workers at one mine say an announced...
What Sata’s Win in Zambia Means for China
The implications of Zambia’s election of Michael Sata, a fierce critic of Chinese involvement in the country, continue to attract analysis. At The Atlantic, Howard French examines the widespread interpretation of the...
Chinese Mine Gives Zambian Workers 85% Raise After Sata Victory
Following the election victory last week of Michael Sata, an outspoken critic of Chinese labour abuses in Zambia’s mining industry, Christian Science Monitor reports that one Chinese mine has given employees a sudden 85%...
China Critic Wins Zambian Election
Africa’s largest copper producer has elected and sworn in a new president, “anti-China” candidate Michael Sata. During his campaign, Sata accused Chinese mining companies of exploitation, while decrying the...
China's Stake in Zambia's Election
The BBC examines suspicions over China’s role in upcoming elections in Zambia: In the run-up to Tuesday’s polls there are questions being asked about just how far China’s influence in Zambia spreads, and if...
The Zambian Shootings in the Chinese Media
The African Boots blog translates an investigative piece in New Century Weekly about the shooting of Zambian miners at a Chinese-managed mine who had protested against poor working conditions: The New Century Weekly article...
Zambia Uneasily Balances Chinese Investment and Workers’ Resentment
A month after 11 Zambian miners were shot and wounded after complaining of poor working conditions to the Chinese managers, the New York Times looks at the uneasy relationship between Chinese mine owners and workers in the...
Peter Bosshard: Conflict at Zambian Mine Casts a Shadow on Chinese Labor Practices
Peter Bosshard of International Rivers writes for the Huffington Post about the recent incident in which 11 Zambian miners were shot by Chinese managers: On October 15, a group of workers at the Chinese Collum Coal Mine (CCM) in...
Zambia Questions Chinese over Shooting of Miners
A Zambian news organization is reporting that 11 miners were shot and wounded while complaining to Chinese management about working conditions, though few other details are available: Eleven miners including one onlooker have...
How China Has Created a New Slave Empire in Africa
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...
Special Report: China in Africa
Fast Company magazine has published a special issue focusing on China in Africa. From the first article in the multi-part series: In just a few years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become the most aggressive...
Zambians Sacked Over China Attack
From BBC News : Some 500 Zambian mine workers have been sacked after rioting and attacking a Chinese manager . Those sacked have three days to reapply for their jobs, while seven union officials have also been arrested. The...
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