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The China in Africa Podcast
Episodes — page 15
[GLOBAL SOUTH] A Look Back on a Week of Intense Chinese Diplomacy in Southeast AsiaChinese President returned home from a week of intense diplomacy in Indonesia and Thailand where he attended a pair of summits and held more than a dozen bilaterals with other inte…
[WEEK IN REVIEW] Will China and Wealthy Countries Pay For Climate Damage in the Global South?Join us for a very lively end-of-week show where Eric, Cobus, and Geraud get into a spirited debate over whether China, India, and wealthy countries will pay for the damage they've…
A Conversation with Molly Phee, the Top U.S. Diplomat for AfricaThis Summer the United States updated its foreign policy for Africa when it shifted the focus from competing with China to improving governance and bolstering trade ties with the r…
Emerging Trends and Myths in Africa-China Relations: Live From JohannesburgBonus[DISCLAIMER: This special bonus episode was recorded live from a classroom on the campus of Wits University in Johannesburg. Unfortunately, the audio quality isn't great -- it's OK…
[GLOBAL SOUTH] The U.S.-China Battle For Ideas in the Global SouthBoth the United States and China have restructured their respective foreign policy establishments in recent years to be better poised to confront each other. In the just concluded…
Where Does Africa Fit in Xi Jinping's New Foreign PolicyChinese President Xi Jinping outlined a more assertive foreign policy vision during his closely-followed address at the 20th Party Congress in Beijing last Sunday. He made it clear…
[GLOBAL SOUTH] Despite Huge Problems, Pakistan Remains Indispensable to ChinaIt has been a difficult year for China in Pakistan. A burgeoning economic crisis in the South Asian country threatens to undermine the multibillion dollar China Pakistan Economic C…
Debt in Africa: Everyone's Watching What China Does in ZambiaThe United Nations Development Program issued a new report this week that once again sounded the alarm on the urgent need for debt relief in the world's poorest countries. The UNDP…
[GLOBAL SOUTH] China and India's Steadily Deteriorating RelationshipIt wasn't that long ago that many people thought the longtime rivalry between India and China had begun to subside. In fact, Xi Jinping traveled to India in 2019, his second visit…
Africa Again is the Backdrop for a Chinese Blockbuster MovieHome Coming is the latest Chinese blockbuster movie set in Africa that registered big box office returns during its Golden Week opening. The film is set in the fictitious North Afr…
What Does Kenya's SGR Tell Us About the Future of Chinese Railway Development in the Global SouthThe Chinese-financed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya is one of the flagship projects of the Belt and Road Initiative. But the SGR like other Chinese-sponsored railway project…
Nosmot Gbadamosi on US-China Competition in Africa, Debt and "Preventative Infrastructure"Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned a new road this week built by the Chinese conglomerate Sinohydro and paid for as part of a $2 billion bauxite barter deal with…
[GLOBAL SOUTH] Why the U.S. And Israel Are Not Aligned on ChinaIsrael and China are reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a free trade agreement that both sides say will be done before the end of the year. This may come as a surprise t…
African Leaders, China Made It Clear This Week They're Unhappy With the Current International SystemAfrican leaders one after another took the podium at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) this week to express their deep frustrations with the international system and how unfairly it t…
Navigating the Belt & Road With a New Digital ToolkitOctober marks the 9th anniversary of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and after all these years, nearly a decade later, many people around the world are still trying to figur…
Introducing the China-Global South PodcastEvery week, The China-Global South Podcast will explore timely issues surrounding China's engagement in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and other developing regions.…
China and the Race to Dominate EV Battery Supply ChainsA new movement is underway in the U.S. to strip China out of the global supply chain for electric vehicle batteries -- everything from the extraction of the minerals and metals to…
Week in Review: Illegal mining in Ghana, US Disillusionment in the DRC & #ChinaAfricaSpaceTalkAisha Huang, aka the "Galamsey Queen," surprised everyone when she was arrested again for illegal mining in Ghana. What does her arrest say about the government's efforts to combat…
Why Zainab Usman is Cautiously Optimistic About the New U.S. Policy For AfricaAfrica is increasingly becoming a main stage for great power competition. Last week, Japan wrapped up its triennial Africa summit where they threw some shade China's way. A few wee…
Update on the Chinese Cobalt Stand-off in the DR CongoTensions between Chinese mining China Moly and the Congolese state-owned mining Gécamines appear to be deteriorating further amid an ongoing stand-off over the massive TFM copper a…
