The Chinese model of peace differs fundamentally from that pursued by western nations.
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Politics and Society UK-Africa trade and investment: who benefits?
Trade and investment can help reduce poverty, promote women’s empowerment, and support children’s rights. It can also do the opposite.
Politics and Society China’s ‘palate democracy’ may not be to Africa’s taste
China has lessons worth learning, but governance without elections and choice of ruling party isn’t one of them.
Arts and Culture Beijing Foreign Studies University has set up a Zulu department
A Chinese University has set up a Zulu department officially promoting the language as a programme offered at undergraduate level thus strengthening ties between the two countries.
Politics and Society Protests in the Gambia highlight tensions over Chinese investment in Africa
Locals accuse a fishmeal factory of polluting their waters.
Politics and Society Chinese integration? Chinese businessman named a chief in Nigeria
Mike Zhang, a Chinese businessman, and leader in the community in northern Nigeria has been installed as chief in a bid to improve relations between locals and the growing Chinese community.
Politics and Society Kenya welcomes Mandarin into its 2020 education plan
Kenya’s education plan in 2020 is to introduce Mandarin to its primary school pupils. Kenya has followed the path of South Africa and Uganda.
Politics and Society How to negotiate infrastructure deals with China: four things African governments need to get right
Too many African countries believe Beijing when they are told in negotiations that they must take it or leave it.
Politics and Society China-Africa: A New Accord
For 500 years foreign agency in the land of Africa has been exclusively self serving and brutally exploitative. Thus it is nearly impossible to imagine any other kind of relationship between outsiders and Africans. But today, at such a crucial juncture of global transformation, it is vitally important to not only imagine, but to observe and support the building of exactly a different kind of relationship.