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Vol 3 No 9
July 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
July 2010

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
May 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
April 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
April 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
April 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...

Vol 3 No 6
April 2010

Wanted: special partners

Delhi offers cooperation, capacity building and, of course, cash in the unspoken competition with China for African hearts, minds and resources

Vol 3 No 6
April 2010

For Punjabi farmers, an African frontier

African missions from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe were invited to a conference in Patiala in Punjab on 26-27 March with farmers from all over the region to examine the opportunities for utilising Indian agricultural technology and ...

Vol 3 No 3
January 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
January 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...

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