Category Archives: China and Africa

Zimbabwe Chinese Business Association pledges to be good

Posted on 2006-12-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From the People’s Daily website: Chinese Business Association pledges to support Zimbabwe A grouping of Chinese business people in Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Chinese Business Association, has pledged to support Zimbabwe in its efforts to revive the economy. The association’s secretary … Continue reading →

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Sino-African oil business and the environment

Posted on 2006-11-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The bilingual environment-watching website China Dialogue has published two articles about China’s involvement in Africa, focusing on Nigeria and Angola: The new face of Nigeria’s oil industry by Godwin Nnanna Excerpt: “Half a century of oil exploration in the Niger … Continue reading →

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Angola and China in the NY Times

Posted on 2006-11-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The New York Times published a long feature this weekend about China’s involvement in Angola: China’s African Adventure. The journalist James Traub traveled around Angola trying to find Chinese work crews and Chinese investments in the country. One gets the … Continue reading →

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Zambia – China deals

Posted on 2006-11-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From the People’s Daily: Zambian president says China trip successful Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who returned home on Saturday morning from the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, said his trip to China was “very successful”. Mwanawasa … … Continue reading →

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Africa’s Silk Road

Posted on 2006-11-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The World Bank’s ‘Private Sector Development Blog’ (catchy name that) has an entry about the China-Africa summit meeting at the beginning of the month: Beijing gussies up for South-South trade. The post contains links to a few relevant articles: NPR: … Continue reading →

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Hard Hat Show: African Billboards of Beijing – Chinese subtitles

Posted on 2006-11-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here is the Chinese subtitled version of African Billboards of Beijing, hosted on Tudou: You can also see this video in English on Danwei.TV. See Danwei’s China and Africa category for more about Sino-African trade and relations. Sexy Beijing is … Continue reading →

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Hard Hat Show: African Billboards of Beijing

Posted on 2006-11-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Sino-African Summit, attended by leaders and representatives of 48 African countries, concluded last weekend. The big meeting casued several days of tightened security, reduced traffic and frenetic diplomatic activity in Beijing. Plainclothes cops, military police and phalanxes of red-armband … Continue reading →

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African accountants in Hainan

Posted on 2006-11-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports: China launches training courses for senior African auditors A workshop to train senior auditors from African countries opened Sunday in south China’s island province of Hainan… …Twenty-four senior audit officials from 14 African countries participated the four-day workshop. … Continue reading →

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Chinese and South African billionaires hook up

Posted on 2006-11-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

欢迎光临！The Diamond Building in JohannesburgImage source: SouthAfrica.info From The Financial Times: Chinese billionaire takes stake in Anglo The third richest man in China has bought an $800m stake in resources group Anglo American held by the Oppenheimer dynasty, a landmark … Continue reading →

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African opinions about the Beijing summit

Posted on 2006-11-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Chinese government has communicated its commitments to Africa on the state-owned Xinhua news service — see this Danwei post or browse around Xinhua’s special minisite dedicated to it. Here are some African reports and reactions to the summit. Kenya’s … Continue reading →

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