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- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
A year to mend broken promises
After a dramatic fall in its trade and investment in Africa, Beijing pledges a return to exponential growth
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan
Debate within China has been raging for some time over the solution to the problem of slumping exports. One of the more controversial ideas that has been floated is a ‘Marshall Plan for Africa’ (AAC Vol 2 No 10). The idea is far from coherent, with sev...
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
Deconstructing Chindia
Delhi’s diplomats show how its brand of democracy and business differs from Beijing’s
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
How to manage expectations
The newish government has focused more on domestic policy but has promised to honour the previous government’s pledges to Africa
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
Sitting on the fence
Taipei cannot turn to its African allies to improve lagging exports, but pins its hopes instead on reaching an understanding with Beijing
- Vol 3 No 2
- 01/12/2009
New men for a new push
A new team of Africa policymakers in Delhi is helping companies and banks to expand their investments on the continent
- Vol 3 No 2
- 01/12/2009
Grease for the wheels of friendship
At the India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference in Delhi on 8 December, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna preached the benefits of 'a close alignment on major international issues and an abundance of socio-political goodwill'. Some 15 African countries...
- Vol 3 No 2
- 01/12/2009
World Bank to link Africa and Asia
World Bank President Robert Zoellick's plan to bring the Asian hyper-economies into the international development community is now bearing fruit. On 3 December, Zoellick told London's Financial Times that Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming showed '...
- Vol 3 No 1
- 01/11/2009
FOCAC meets expectations
China’s newly announced Africa policy is more of the same, but with a lack of African consensus that is all that could be hoped for
- Vol 3 No 1
- 01/11/2009
FOCAC 2009 brings more promises
The Sharm El-Sheik Action Plan sets out China-Africa cooperation goals for 2009 to 2012. Chinese officials emphasised that the 2006 Beijing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was more a one-off than an act that could easily be followed. Assistant Foreign M...
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