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Sudan
Population:	38.6mn.
GNI, $ :	37 bn.
Debt:	29.4bn.
Overview:	Despite the reputational risks, China, India and Vietnam’s state-owned oil companies are pushing for improved oil-fuelled ties with Khartoum, but 2010 national elections and a 2011 referendum on Southern independence could change their calculations.

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Vol 3 No 11
September 2010

China weighs its options

Whatever the outcome of next January's referendum on Southern independence, China wants its oil to keep flowing

Vol 3 No 11
September 2010

Beijing backs Nairobi over Omer el Beshir

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir continues to cast clouds over China's Africa policy. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki invited Omer el Beshir to Nairobi for the 27 August grand ceremony to c...

Vol 3 No 9
July 2010

Oil - after independence

The coming referendum is concentrating minds - Sudanese, Chinese and Western - on how the oil wealth will be shared

Vol 3 No 9
July 2010

Balancing act

When asked about the 12 July reinstatement by the International Criminal Court of genocide charges against Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang did not mention the ICC warrant but said that 'posit...

Vol 2 No 11
September 2009

The oil revenue row

Scrutiny of oil figures from CNPC suggests that the Khartoum government has been cheating the South of substantial revenues

Vol 2 No 5
March 2009

Business is politics

The ICC's issuing of the arrest warrant for the Sudanese President exposes the contradictions in China's 'business is business' policy

Vol 1 No 11
September 2008

Playing the odds

The new Consulate in Juba is the sign of strengthening relations between the Government of Southern Sudan and China

Vol 1 No 10
August 2008

Tokyo's test

The Japanese are after Sudanese energy

Vol 1 No 4
February 2008

Year of the rat

The Chinese government has been arming two archenemies, the governments of Chad and Sudan, who are in effect at war

Vol 1 No 2
December 2007

Beijing, the rebels’ target

Threats against Chinese oil installations and peacekeepers are stepping up pressure on Beijing-Khartoum relations

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