Commercial investment in agriculture in low income countries is a hot button issue, for many good reasons. Often linked to corruption, frequ...

One of CSFAC's investments in Africa. (photo James Keeley) .. Are Chinese companies pushing aside their party comrades when it comes...

Train in Lagos, Nigeria (photo: Accelerator, Nigeria) ... For several years, stories about China Civil Engineering and Construction Corp...

Stirring up trouble Claims that China sends convicts to labour in Africa are unfounded Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong Au...

Chinese workers in Angola (BBC). In 2008, Chinese companies reported a turnover of around $20 billion from construction contracts in Afri...

Yesterday I received an email from a UNDP colleague asking me what I thought about recent media stories of "Chinese convict labor"...

In May, I posted on China-in-Nigeria "Power Myths" , including my debunking of the oft-circulated 'fact' that 'China...

I've just read in Allafrica.com about a US initiative to finance ten malaria centers in endemic regions around the world. The Internati...

Once again, the murky Hong Kong company China International Fund (CIF) shows that it "talks the talk" but can't "walk the...

DRC Minerals & Infrastructure From Le Monde Diplomatique - Philippe Rekacewicz Home again for a few days, I found a China-Africa po...

Back home for a few days after weeks of travel, mainly South Africa & Namibia, including some research, and a lot of the World Cup... I...

  Guest Blogger Kate Griffiths is completing her MSc degree in Geosciences at the University of Sydney in Australia. Kate recently complete...

  This guest post is by Lila Buckley, a student at Oxford University who is currently in Senegal doing an initial research trip for her mast...

Last week China International Fund, the murky Hong Kong real estate, construction, and investment company, hit the news again with a confirm...

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest bank, is increasing its African exposure. Much of this has been done in col...

An interesting, if a bit dated, (thanks, Dan) interview in the Belgian newspaper Le Soir. Journalist Collette Braeckman interviews Paul For...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced on  Thursday last week that it had signed an MOU with China State Construction...

China is not very transparent about its aid on a country or regional basis. There is no place on the internet where you can download Chines...