Elephants, Ants and Superpowers: Nigeria’s Relations with China
Analysis of China’s relations with Africa has often been generalised, yet these relations vary considerably across the continent, suggesting the need for greater attention to the specificities of each case.
China and Africa’s Natural Resources: The Challenges and Implications for Development and Governance
This paper proposes to analyse China’s growing engagement in Africa’s mineral sector and assess its impact on local governance.
SA’s Clothing and Textile Sector post ‘Chinese Quotas’
Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced increasing competition from Chinese manufactured exports particularly in the clothing and textiles industry.
Building on Progress? Chinese Engagement in Ethiopia
A majority of the growing literature on Sino–African relations focus on China’s relations with resource-rich/economically robust countries or unsavoury regimes.
People Power: How Civil Society Blocked an Arms Shipment for Zimbabwe
In April 2008, a Chinese ship carrying arms destined for Zimbabwe’s Defence Force attempted to offload those weapons in Durban’s harbour, so that they might be transported across South African territory to land-locked Zimbabwe.
Le pouvoir du peuple : Comment la société civile est parvenue à bloquer une cargaison d’armes destinée au Zimbabwe
En avril 2008, un navire chinois transportant des armes destinées à l’armée zimbabwéenne a tenté de décharger ces armes dans le port de Durban, afin qu’elles puissent être ransportées par voie terrestre jusqu’au Zimbabwe, pays enclavé, en passant par le territoire sud-africain.
Strategic Partnerships: The European Union’s Quest for Global Clout
The European Union (EU) has revisited many of its external policies with the view to strengthen its relations with strategic partners in the developing world, and to boost its visibility as a pivotal political actor on the global stage.
Chinese Development Co-operation in Africa: The Case of Tembisa’s Friendship Town
Chinese development co-operation in Africa has invoked both admiration and criticism, much of it based on limited empirical or anecdotal evidence, contributing to conflicting perceptions as to its purpose, means and outcomes.
China in the African Solar Energy Sector
Access to reliable and affordable electricity is critical for poverty alleviation and the improvement of livelihoods, including in the areas of education, health, and industrial development in Africa.
Chinese Migration in Africa
With all the scholarly and media interest in the China/Africa relationship of late, it is somewhat surprising that so little has been written about Chinese migrants in Africa.