South Africa-China Relations: Getting Beyond the Cross-roads?
President Zuma’s visit to China this week completes the series of state visits to the BRICs that began in October 2009 in Brazil.
China could usher in a new era of banking in Africa
The dramatic events of the past few weeks, starting with one of the world’s most powerful investment banks — Lehman Brothers — going to the wall and insurer AIG teetering on the brink, has left a wounded western financial world licking its wounds and looking anew at its model of global finance.
International Conference for the 10-year Celebration of South African – Chinese Relations: “How can China and South Africa’s Partnership benefit Africa?”
Event hosted by the South African Institute of International Affairs and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, 21-22 May 2008.
More sour than sweet in SA-China trade relations
HAILED as an overwhelming success, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to South Africa raises profound questions about bilateral engagement and how we will deal with global economic and trade dynamics in the coming decade.
SA must take Chinese bull by the horns or get kicked
China has emerged as a driver of change, globally. And 2007 will be no different from recent years; if anything, existing pressures will intensify.
Engaging Asia’s Biggest Tiger
China’s rise is inevitable. As long as it remains an outward-oriented economy, China will continue to drive restructuring processes in manufacturing all over the world, particularly in countries that have until now enjoyed the advantages of relatively cheap labour.
The Emperor’s New Clothing Deals
Many bad things have been said about cheap Chinese imports. The effects of the red tide have been felt economy-wide, but the clearest problems have arisen in our clothing and textiles industries.