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  • Vol 3 No 10
  • 01/08/2010

Beijing beams its messages

China's state-owned television, radio and news companies are working more closely with Africa's journalist corps

  • Vol 3 No 10
  • 01/08/2010

Coalition of the controllers

Journalists and activists, pointing to the lack of press freedom and weak civil society in China, argue that Beijing's engagement will only encourage the same in Africa.

  • Vol 3 No 10
  • 01/08/2010

Hanoi's great leap forward

Although Vietnam lacks the investment billions of Asia's mega-economies, its development gains offer important lessons for Africa

  • Vol 3 No 10
  • 01/08/2010

Vietnam's two-way trade

More so than China or India, Vietnam has much in common with Africa's developing countries. Hanoi is also showing itself to be keener on learning from African experiences than its larger Asian neighbours.

  • Vol 3 No 9
  • 01/07/2010

A whale's tale

Tokyo has been caught trying to bribe African countries to gain support in its quest to overturn an international ban on commercial whaling

  • Vol 3 No 9
  • 01/07/2010

Fishing for votes

Environmental campaigners such as Greenpeace have long protested about the links between voting at the International Whaling Commission and Japanese aid. That was before evidence that Japanese activities, including the paying of travel expenses and poc...

  • Vol 3 No 7
  • 01/05/2010

CIF, Beijing’s stalking horse

Beijing’s relationship with the China International Fund is much clearer than it likes to admit. When the Hong Kong-registered CIF signed multibillion-dollar deals with pariah regimes in Guinea and Zimbabwe in 2009, officials of China’s Ministry of Foreig...

  • Vol 3 No 6
  • 01/04/2010

CADF expands Africa network

The state investment fund is launching Chinese companies into overseas markets where they pick up assets abandoned by Western and African companies

  • Vol 3 No 6
  • 01/04/2010

CADF in Africa: Deals from 2007-2008

The first cooperation agreement signed by the China-Africa Development Fund was with the Tianjin North China Geological Exploration Bureau, a state-run mining enterprise, in December 2007.

  • Vol 3 No 6
  • 01/04/2010

CADF in Africa: Deals from 2009-2010

April 2009: the China-Africa Development Fund and YTO Group announced a joint venture – the China-Africa Machinery Corporation – to manufacture agricultural and construction equipment. YTO agreed to invest US$20.1 million for a 55% stake, while the CA...

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