Tag: China-Africa

  • Sorting out a dubious report on China in Africa

    Well, this doesn’t look good. American University Professor Deborah Brautigam has written a detailed criticism of a think tank commentary about Chinese agricultural investment in Mozambique, and if her conclusions are correct, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and its author have some explaining to do. First a caveat: I am not a specialist in Chinese–African…

  • NYT Forgets to Look Past Hollywood in China-Sudan Story

    Helene Cooper writes in The New York Times: [I]n the past week, strange things have happened. A senior Chinese official, Zhai Jun, traveled to Sudan to push the Sudanese government to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force. Mr. Zhai even went all the way to Darfur and toured three refugee camps, a rare event for…

  • China, U.S. In Greater Accord Over Darfur

    The U.S. and Chinese governments have not seen eye to eye on the issue of the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. China, for one thing, gets a lot of oil from Sudan. The Chinese government, too, has strong incentives not to support military intervention when not welcomed by the government of Sudan. Though the Sudanese…

  • Resources on China in Africa

    Jennifer Bréa is developing a great index of resources on China–Africa ties at her Africabeat blog.