More of Africa Finds Itself in China’s Debt

Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a slate of investment deals during a weeklong tour of Africa, feeding into concerns in the West and on the continent over ballooning levels of indebtedness to Beijing and its expanding political footprint...

The China Africa Project
05.02.16

As BRICS Slow Investments in Africa, Turkey Ramps Up

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Remember when the BRICS were going to power the global economy? Well, the past few years have not been kind to Brazil, Russia...

The China Africa Project
02.24.16

China/Africa Vs. China/South America

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

China’s engagement in Africa is often seen by many observers in a vacuum without a broader understanding of how the relationship compares to Beijing’s strategy in other regions of the world. South America, in particular, provides an interesting...

The China Africa Project
12.06.14

The BRICS Bank: China’s Drive to Shake Up Development Finance

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (aka the ‘BRICS’) are moving forward with an ambitious plan to shake up the clubby world of development finance. The new BRICS bank announced over the summer 2014 is expected to have a profound impact...

Caixin Media
07.22.14

Stability the Watchword for Progress in China

Chinese diplomacy has had a busy few months, with numerous visits abroad by leaders and a constant stream of foreign leaders coming to the country.

Amid the flurry of activity, two meetings were particularly noteworthy: the sixth U.S.-...

BRICS Offers New Model For Cooperation

Ideally, Beijing would like to maintain a low profile while showing respect to other countries. China has no ambition to dominate BRICS, and will not purposely seek to raise its role in this mechanism. 

 

 

China Doesn’t Belong In BRICS

In every year since 2001, the gap between China’s GDP and that of each of the others has widened. In the decade ahead, the gap is likely to become even more pronounced. Has the acronym become an anacronism?

 

Xi In Africa As China's Role Comes Under Scrutiny

“There's a sense from Africans that it’s not an equal relationship. That China is extracting oil and then in return building infrastructure projects with its own companies and own workers and not necessarily transferring the skills to...

China’s Xi Tells Africa He Seeks Relationship Of Equals

On the first stop on an African tour that will include a B.R.I.C.S. summit of major emerging economies, Xi Jinping told Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete that China’s involvement in Africa would help the continent grow richer....

Conversation
03.26.13

Can China Transform Africa?

Jeremy Goldkorn, Isabel Hilton & more

Jeremy Goldkorn:

The question is all wrong. China is already transforming Africa, the question is how China is transforming Africa, not whether it can. From the “...