Category Archives: China and Africa

Harmonious Goldkorn

Posted on 2007-08-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A few months ago, your correspondent answered some questions emailed to me by a journalism student for a research paper about Sino-African ties. I answered them briefly, and then thought nothing more of it. Then I saw yesterday’s China Daily. … Continue reading →

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‘French African empire in tatters’ as China moves in

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Howard French, Shanghai correspondent of The New York Times reports from Ndjamena, in Chad: When I last visited this country, in the late 1990’s, watching CNN at a French-run hotel here, or for that matter in many former French colonies … Continue reading →

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Look east Ms Bunting

Posted on 2007-06-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn
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China and Africa: the hypocrisy of the West

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Botswana’s Festus Mogae – “Bugger all I can do about it” Two weeks ago, China hosted the board meeting of the Africa Development Bank (ADB) in Shanghai. Economist Jeffry Sachs attended the meeting and wrote an opinion piece for

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Africa Day in Beijing

Posted on 2007-05-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

May 26 is Africa Day, commemorating the signing of the charter document of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa in 1965. The OAU was succeeded in 2002 by the African Union (AU), but Africa Day is still … Continue reading →

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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”

Posted on 2007-04-15 by maya

Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading →

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Hu Jintao in Africa: a roundup of news and views

Posted on 2007-02-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

In Zambia with President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa – Xinhua image Chinese president Hu Jintao is in Africa again, continuing China’s aggressively friendly Africa policy with a tour that takes in Sudan, Zambia, Cameroun, Liberia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and the … Continue reading →

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Chinese cars in Kenya, female ethnic Chinese minister in Zimbabwe

Posted on 2007-01-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Fay King Chung, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education Two China Africa stories: From Beijing Review: Chinese Song of ‘Chimurenga’ A Chinese descendant has grown into the first Chinese female Minister of Zimbabwe More than a century ago, in 1904, a 17-year-old … Continue reading →

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‘Chinese fight to be black’

Posted on 2006-12-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The headline above is taken from the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian, and gives an idea of what a weird country your correspondent’s homeland of South Africa is. South Africa has a set of laws called the Broad-Based Black … Continue reading →

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Good news from Africa

Posted on 2006-12-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Economist has published a story about the mobile phone business in Africa: Out of Africa A new kind of telecoms operator is evolving in Africa and the Middle East That mobile phones are transforming economic and social life in … Continue reading →

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