From the New York Times: China, it seems, is suddenly everywhere in Africa, not just in oil-rich states. Trade between Africa and China has almost quadrupled since 2001, and last year reached almost $40 billion. Its presence is certainly greatest in the resource-rich countries like Nigeria, Angola and Sudan (where its role has been criticized […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post (link): In years past, the Chinese government’s poor human rights record was only a problem for you if you happened to be Chinese. But as China’s power and influence in Asia grow, its hostility toward human rights is becoming a problem for non-Chinese, too. Propelled mostly by economic opportunism, China is […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (link): Russia and China say they will oppose UN sanctions against four Sudanese officials accused of involvement in continuing violence in Darfur. Russia’s UN envoy said the Security Council should delay sanctions until Sudan’s talks with Darfur rebels reach an African Union deadline of 30 April. The Chinese UN envoy also said […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times (link): WHEN PRESIDENT Bush meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 20, will he raise the issue of China’s role in Africa? He should. China’s rising and underreported influence in Africa is posing a direct challenge to American influence and undermining U.S. policy. At the U.N. Security Council, China ” […]
Read MoreFrom the Daily Champion, via Allafrica.com While the drive to secure energy resources is at the heart of Beijing’s renewed engagement with Africa, there is nonetheless a growing depth and complexity to relations that bears closer analysis. In particular, China’s role in the Sudan crisis, where it has supported a military regime accused of perpetrating […]
Read MoreJasper Becker wrote on the Independent today: “China is trying to stop the United Nations imposing sanctions on Sudan over the crisis in the Darfur regionto protect its oil imports from the country, say western diplomats. For the past six years Beijing has been the Sudanese government’s main backer, buying 70 per cent of its […]
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