The economic and political engagement of China and India with the African continent is growing, but the complex dynamics of this engagement, particularly at country-specific level, remain under-researched.
The paper analyses the peculiar structure of the rare earth elements (REE) industry, a sector dominated by China, and the global implications of current upheavals within the sector, especially as they concern South Africa’s (re)emerging rare earths production.
On March 29th BRICS Heads of State will gather in Delhi.
China has become a key player in trade, investment and development co-operation in Kenya.
South Africa has responded to the rise of East Asia by building new commercial links with the region, especially with China.
That the world is in a process of fundamental geopolitical and geo-economic change is obvious.
The 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan, Korea, in late November 2011, like the COP 17 conference in Durban, is yet another marker of the shifting fortunes of relations between so-called traditional donors, emerging powers and Africa.
This paper unpacks the interplay among gradualist institutional evolution within China’s financial sector, the domestic economic drivers within China itself, Africa’s own complex financial terrain and the far-reaching changes to the global economy as a basis for understanding the impact of Chinese finance on the continent.
China in Africa Project – within the Global Powers and Africa programme.
Since 2000 China has started to strengthen its agricultural co-operation with Africa in trade and other commercial activities.
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