Hong Kong: how China’s new national security law subverts the territory’s cherished rule of law: Tensions are running high in Hong Kong at a decision by China’s ruling body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), authorising its standing committee to draft a national security law for Hong Kong. The decision, drafted in secret, is likely to …
China’s ‘barefoot architects’ are transforming left-behind rural villages: Chengkan village, Anhui province: this beautifully-crafted and retreating architecture holds an important place in Chinese heritage. Xiang Ren. , Author provided China is urbanising at breakneck speed. Hundreds of millions of people have migrated from rural areas to cities in search of jobs or higher wages, even …
South Africa in the news: China’s drive for business stalls in South Africa: A new car factory beside the Indian Ocean is plastered with a giant slogan in English and Chinese: “Your wish, our ways.” The wish is South African, the ways Chinese. Herein lie both the promise and t…: “South Africa” – BingNews How …
South Africa in the news: China’s Xi opens BRICS summit in South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa put a final nail in the nuclear power debate today, emphasising the South African economy can not afford the nuclear build programme in its energy mix right now as the countr…: “South Africa” – BingNews SA, Angola battle it …
A tale of two Chinas: the story of South Africa’s switch from Taipei to Beijing: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin greets former South African President Nelson Mandela in 2000. EPA/Mike Hutchings It is 20 years since South Africa and the People’s Republic of China, or mainland China, established formal diplomatic ties. Though China is now …
China’s media struggles to overcome stereotypes of Africa: Spring Festival Gala with some Chinese actors in blackface. Reuters For most Chinese people, the Spring Festival is a time to honour family ties, friendships and acquaintances. This is what producers of this year’s Annual Spring Festival Gala on China’s national broadcaster, CCTV, probably had in mind …
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Making Sense of China’s Mega Projects – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-01-25 17:30:00 in United Kingdom In this seminar, a panel of speakers will consider and discuss the governance and management of mega infrastructure projects within the context China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road initiative …
Why the focus on China’s role in Mugabe’s fall missed the bigger picture: Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the guard of honour on a state visit to Zimbabwe. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo The fall of Robert Mugabe has dominated global coverage of Africa over the past few weeks. In Western coverage of the first week after the …
Where Africa fits into China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative: China's proposed one belt, one road route map Shutterstock Chinese President Xi Jinping made it clear at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that the world should abandon protectionism and commit itself to an open global economy. A recent summit in Beijing that focused …
China’s ban on domestic ivory trade is huge, but the battle isn’t won: China plans to ban the ivory trade. The hope is that prices will be driven downwards and elephant numbers will improve. Ross Harvey China has published a notice that the processing and sale of ivory and ivory products “will be stopped by …
China’s new commercial media is complicating the Party’s good news narrative about Africa: A stack of Southern Weekly newspapers (left) are displayed at a newsstand in Beijing, Reuters Since the Chinese government started introducing economic reforms in the early 1980s the Chinese media has experienced widespread decentralisation and commercialisation. It has become huge, dynamic and …
South Africa in the news: China’s BRICS trade pact idea finds no takers: India and three others in the BRICS bloc — Brazil, Russia and South Africa — have cold-shouldered China’s attempt to bring to the negotiating table a proposal for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the five major emerging economies. While Beijing’s …: …
China’s economy is about to get pretty weird again: And we know the government is unlikely to do much about it – at least not as much as it's been doing since the beginning of the year, when it really looked as if the economy was going off the rails. Without that policy support, it's …
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