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  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

The year of the dragon, again

China’s trade with Africa has overtaken the USA’s trade with the continent and will soon rival that of the European Union

  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

How the IMF helps Chinese companies

Beijing’s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund often goes unnoticed. China has been quietly working with the IMF to pressure African governments to remove fuel subsidies, after its companies signed several deals for oil and gas processing.

  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

India’s new frontier

Many Indian businesses are not waiting for government support for their African ventures and are transforming Africa’s economic infrastructure

  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

Aggressive passivity

The government is tied in knots, but that has not stopped the armed forces from taking a more active role in international peacekeeping missions

  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

Recognition mission

China’s favoured candidate stays in office, but Taiwan will struggle to participate in international bodies and overcome security challenges

  • Vol 5 No 3
  •  January 2012

Business doors open wide

Ministers and business leaders from Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi are scouting for African deals as global political and economic power shifts eastward

  • Vol 5 No 2
  •  December 2011

USA shapes Asia plans

US officials are talking to their counterparts in Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul to find ways to coordinate policies and operations

  • Vol 5 No 2
  •  December 2011

It’s energy that counts

India’s resource-heavy trade with Africa may be poised to move into the service sector. Indian companies in banking, hotels, agriculture stand to benefit, but African companies will continue to struggle in their Asian ambitions.

  • Vol 5 No 2
  •  December 2011

Plant a seed

Twenty-five years after its foundation in response to devastating Ethiopian famines, the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a Japanese-funded non-governmental organisation, is looking beyond crop yields to the challenges that small farmers face in process...

  • Vol 5 No 1
  •  November 2011

National interests and hard cash

The United States Senate is again raising the alarm about Washington losing out to Beijing in Africa. On 1 November, the Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs, chaired by Senator Christopher Coons (Democrat, Delaware), heard testimony from China-Africa s...

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