The China Africa Project is a multimedia resource dedicated to exploring every aspect of China’s growing engagement with Africa. Through a combination of original content and curation of third-party material from across the Internet, the CAP’s objective is purely informational. None of the blog’s authors or producers have any vested interest in any Chinese or African position.
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Jane Perlez On The Global South's Role In The U.S. - China Strategic Rivalry
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With memories still fresh from the first Cold War, leaders in Africa, Asia, and across the Global South have repeatedly said they do not want any part of a second Great Power rivalry. But as tensions between the U.S. and China steadily deteriorate, the pressure on these smaller, non-aligned countries is going to surge.The geopolitical dynamics are …
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The Hidden World Of Chinese Manufacturing In Ethiopia
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Ethiopia's long-held ambition is to one day emerge as a major global manufacturing hub, benefiting from a wave of Chinese offshoring. The East African country's strategic location, abundant labor supply, and welcoming government are all very enticing for cost-conscious Chinese manufacturers.And while Ethiopia has been more successful than many Afri…
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What's Driving The Surge In Brazil's Business Ties With China
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BYD announced that it opened its 100th dealership in Brazil, highlighting the South American country's growing importance to the Chinese electric vehicle giant. It's a similar story across the board in tech, agriculture, and natural resources, among other sectors.Trade and investment between China and Brazil is booming and is unlikely to slow anyti…
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Illegal Chinese Timber Trade Fuels Insurgency in Mozambique
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Officially, Mozambique bans the export of raw timber in an effort to protect what's left of the country's rapidly shrinking forests. But whatever laws are in place are largely disregarded as more than 500,000 tons of timber leave the country each year — 90% of which goes to China, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency.…
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WEEK IN REVIEW: China in the Sahel | ChatGPT's take on China-Africa
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China somehow managed to get the oil flowing between Niger and Benin this week amid a bitter dispute between the two West African countries that had briefly shut down the pipeline.Eric, Cobus, and Geraud discuss how the Chinese seem to be navigating the Sahel's contentious politics with some finesse. Plus, ChatGPT launched a major new upgrade this …
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China-Africa Relations In The Era Of Great Power Competition
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A prominent French TV journalist was visibly surprised when DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi bluntly told him that he prefers to work with Chinese and Russian partners rather than those from the West.The exchange was posted this week on X and reveals the increasingly stark gap between African and Western perceptions over the major geopolitical c…
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Indonesia’s Role In The Burgeoning South China Sea Crisis
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Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto will take office later this year at a critical time when regional tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea are surging.And this won't be just a foreign policy challenge for the new president. Chinese ships have crossed into Indonesia's exclusive economic zone near the Nantuna Islands at t…
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Insights From Hannah Ryder on What to Expect at This Year’s China-Africa Summit
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Chinese and African governments are beginning to negotiate the agenda for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will take place in Beijing later this fall.Development finance, infrastructure, and green technology are all expected to be prominent themes, but this year’s event will be considerably different than previous …
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China’s Growing Influence In The Persian Gulf
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It wasn't that long ago the Persian Gulf was a no-go zone for Chinese diplomacy. Back then, China didn't source much energy from Gulf countries, and its diplomats were ill-equipped to handle the region's contentious politics. That is no longer the case.The six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council collectively form one of China's largest…
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WEEK IN REVIEW: The Chinese Supermarket Scandal in Nigeria
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Nigerian consumer protection authorities shut a Chinese supermarket in the capital, Abuja after a video went viral showing the store refusing entry to local residents. The scandal sparked outrage online and was among the top stories of the week on national TV channels.Eric, Cobus, and Geraud discuss why this particular instance of alleged discrimin…
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Should China Use Its Influence With Iran to Help the U.S. and Israel?
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Senior U.S. leaders have once again called on China to use its considerable economic leverage to persuade Iran to change its behavior in the escalating conflict with Israel. Various U.S. have made this same request on several occasions already, going back all the way to the day after Hamas launched its assault on southern Israel on October 7th.Each…
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U.S.-China Competition for Africa’s Critical Resources
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China maintains a massive lead over the U.S. and other G7 countries in both mining and refining capacity in Africa, a key vulnerability that policymakers in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere say they're determined to rectify.A new report from the United States Institute of Peace lays out a roadmap for how the U.S. can close that gap with China to ach…
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The State of Chinese Tech in Africa With Benjamin Dada
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For much of the past ten years, Chinese technology in Africa focused largely on devices and infrastructure. But today, the conversations also include issues related to governance, online services, and the emergence of artificial intelligence.Benjamin Dada, founder of the popular African tech news site BenDada.com, joins Eric to discuss the latest C…
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Labor Relations at Chinese Construction Sites in Africa
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Few topics have shaped perceptions about China's engagement in Africa more than the presence of Chinese construction sites across the continent. Chinese contractors have built countless ports, roads, railways, and more, but how that work was done has been very controversial over the years.There've been widespread complaints about mismanagement, abu…
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Why a Chinese-Backed Canal Project in Cambodia is Making Vietnam Very Nervous
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Former Cambodian strongman Hun Sen was in Beijing last week lobbying the Chinese government to move forward with the $1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal project which his son, President Hun Manet, has made the centerpiece of his new administration.The new canal would connect Phnom Penh's inland port to Kep province on the Gulf of Thailand, creating a ne…
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Tang Xiaoyang on Why the U.S., Not China is to Blame for Africa’s Debt Problems
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While many in the West still contend Africa's worsening debt crisis is largely due to excessive Chinese lending, Tsinghua University Professor Tang Xiaoyang argues that accusation just isn't true. Instead, the well-known China-Africa scholar contends the main problems facing African borrowers today are anchored in the United States. Most of Africa'…
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Chinese EV Brands Want to Dominate Global South Auto Markets
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Enthusiasm for electric vehicles is waning in both the U.S. and China, but that is definitely not the case in other parts of the world where EV adoption rates are steadily rising. In fact, at the Bangkok Motor Show this week, Chinese EV brands are grabbing all of the attention.Throughout the Global South, Chinese EV brands are expanding their prese…
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Why Angola is the “Vietnam of Africa” - Week in Review
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Angolan President João Lourenço returned from a three-day visit to China loaded with goodies. He secured an upgrade in diplomatic ties, promises of new investment and, most importantly, a major reduction in monthly debt payments.Lourenço's success in China comes as Luanda is also luring massive engagement from the U.S., prompting some observers to …
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Author Jeremy Garlick on China's Strategic Advantage in the Global South
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U.S. and European officials often lament that they've fallen behind China when it comes to engaging Africa, Asia, the Americas, and other developing regions. Western governments aren't set up to rapidly deploy the kind of money and resources that Beijing's done with its Belt and Road Initiative over the past ten years.While the U.S. and Europe are …
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China’s Slowing Economy Could be a Catalyst for Change in Africa
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Angolan President João Lourenço kicked off a three-day visit to China this week that will take him to Beijing and Shandong Province. The timing of Lourenço’s trip comes as the Chinese economy is facing enormous challenges amid a plunge in FDI, surging youth unemployment, and much slower growth.Gyude Moore from the Center for Global Development in W…
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China's Indispensable Role in Africa's Railway Renaissance
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Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of kilometers of new railway lines have been built across Africa - much of it constructed and financed by China. But the days when Beijing paid big bucks to build these kinds of large-scale infrastructure projects in Africa have come to an end.Today, China's development priorities on the continent are focus…
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China's and the Politics of Global Climate Diplomacy
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The failure of G20 countries last month to agree on a plan to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 highlights a key problem in the ongoing debate over how to respond to climate change: the institutions that are designed to help solve this problem are failing.It's not clear what China's role was in that debate at the G20 but elsewhere Beijing's …
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Africa's Prominent Role in the New "BRICS6"
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The once lifeless BRICS bloc got a big boost of energy this week with the addition of six new members including two additional African states from Egypt and Ethiopia. Together, African countries will now account for nearly a third of the 11-member group -- far more than any other international multilateral organization.The announcement to enlarge t…
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China's New, Slimmed-Down Belt & Road Initiative
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China's critics contend the Belt and Road Initiative is dead or dying due to a mix of gross mismanagement and hubris. The data, however, reveals a very different story. While lending has definitely decreased considerably from its peak in 2016, the BRI is very much alive -- it just looks very different today than it did even a few years ago.Instead …
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed President Xi Jinping will travel to South Africa to attend the upcoming BRICS summit, the first time he'll visit Africa since 2018. Xi will be joined by three other of the group's leaders along with Russian President Vladimir Putin who will attend remotely.The two main priorities at this year's gathering will …
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