Clik here to view.
Clinton's Comments Explained
There has been a great deal of comment in Africa about Hilary Clinton’s statement made in Nairobi regarding China’s role on the continent. Here I explain why she doesn't really mean it. There has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pet Hates, Dragons and Bio-fuel
Henry Hall explains his aversion to the rhetoric of the dragon in Africa, and why land grabs aren't just a Chinese phenomena. The key story this week comes from a paper from the Oakland Institute on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Chinese led neo-ISI in Africa
Africans are rightly calling for investment in value added industries. Could China's investment in manufacturing prove to be a refreshed form of Import Substitution Industrialisation? A frequent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The China Brand
Chinese companies are inextricable from their country of origin regardless of their ownership. How is China managing its brand in Africa, and how have rival powers sought to influence it? Unlike most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Labor markets and the great stagnation
Markets are pushing innovation in the emerging world, they could be pushing innovation in the developed world. I avoided commenting on the Great Stagnation back when I first read it however long ago,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Market Forces
While traders and journalists complain that Chinese goods are bad for Africa, it seems the African consumer simply doesn’t agree. In markets across Africa one is greeted by two major imports from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why readiness to help becomes a risk in China?
Why Chinese people are reluctant to help? Is it really that they have lost their faith and social conscience during the economic boom? Why is it so hard to do good in China? It’s actually risky to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How did a jailbreak case gain admiration on the Net?
Sometimes it seems difficult to understand certain stories taking place in China. The latest is a jailbreak case in Heibei province in north China which turned out to get a sweeping admiration from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China and the west work best together in Africa
Western criticisms of China’s engagement are becoming increasingly tired as African governments, and even western multinationals queue up to work with China As the vast archive of wiki-leaks material...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sata wins, changes for China
For Beijing, resource security comes first. The election of Sata will demonstrate to Chinese policy makers that regulating the small players matters. Long-time opposition leader Michael Sata, was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ghana's opposition look to Zambia for election tactics
The opposition NPP party who lost power in the previous election in 2008, seem to have learnt from Sata’s tactics in Zambia, and Akufo-Addo’s party are making efforts to brand the ruling NDC, lackies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who's the most attractive partner for Africa? All of them.
In whatever state Europe eventually emerges from its credit crisis, its constituents will need to realign themselves with the parts of the world that are growing. Increasingly, that’s Africa. As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why China’s Reforms Aren’t Enough
It is not too late for Xi, whose political fortune is now tied to the reform package, to devise a separate political strategy to ensure the success of his plan. CLAREMONT, California—As U.S. Vice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why China Prefers Europe to the United States
During his 11-day European tour, Xi dramatically elevated China’s all-dimensional strategic partnership with Germany, reiterated Beijing’s special ties with Paris, and strengthened the strategic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recalibrating Transatlantic Aid in an Era of Emerging Donors
Spurred by the financial crises and the need to most efficiently utilize spending, the United States and European Union have in recent years aligned transatlantic objectives and cooperated more...
View Article
