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Vol 3 No 3
January 2010

Deconstructing Chindia

Delhi’s diplomats show how its brand of democracy and business differs from Beijing’s

Vol 3 No 3
January 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
January 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
November 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
November 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...

Vol 3 No 1
November 2009

More catalyst than juggernaut

A China-Africa scholar weighs the evidence on the effect China has on Africa’s industrialisation

Vol 3 No 1
November 2009

The rice run-around

A US$2 million deal by a major Vietnamese rice exporter points to the corruption found on both side of the Africa-Asia commodities trade. Unlike Thailand, where the private sector controls much of the rice business, in Vietnam, state bodies control the ke...

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