Pew Research Center What do Africans think about China? How does this compare with the US? I get asked these questions a lot, an...

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) SAIS China Africa Research Initiative (SAIS-CARI) announces a call for pa...

A new paper released by the folks at AidData argues that Chinese aid goes disproportionately to the birthplace regions of African leaders. ...

We've seen a lot of discussion of the news media coverage of the new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency of the criminal iv...

Thought I would share an interview I did last week with Young China Watchers (YCW) , which is "a dynamic group of young professionals...

Yesterday Senator Kerry came to our School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) to talk about the US relationship with China , descri...

Looking into oil exports from Africa today -- an intern wrote up a story on a recent talk I gave. She sent me a draft, and I saw that she...

  The Financial Times tongue-in-cheek "Danwei Model Workers" list of websites on China honored the excellent China Africa Pr...

Conflict and minerals in the DRC. copyright Mark Craemer China is still a relatively new player in African resource investments. Given ...

Photo credit: limaoscarjuliet.  As many readers know, I am writing a book on China's agricultural investments in Africa. One of pie...

OK, here is where I really need some help from readers. I am down to the wire on a title for my new book on Chinese agricultural investment...

I am again looking for an excellent candidate to undertake Ph.D. research on China-Africa economic engagement under my supervision, to e...

IFDC.org Demonstration plot, Togo Over the past couple of years I have been hard at work on a new book focused on China's agricul...

CIFOR -- The Center for International Forestry Research -- has just published another paper in its series on Chinese investment in Africa...

Chinese rice imports at the port of Dakar, Senegal. China is exploring ways to feed its growing population using food grown in Africa. P...

Last summer, we started hearing that Chinese analysts were working on the second white paper on foreign aid. It has been many months in t...

  On May 20th I spoke at a World Bank event " China in the World Economy: New Partnerships in Africa ." Some of the people spe...

At last, a team of experienced researchers with extensive experience on official development assistance (and foreign aid), and with deep ...

Pyramid Scheme Shop  credit: James Wan Interesting, detailed, and alarming story on a Chinese quack and the profitable, deadly p...

In southern Africa, many people believe that Chinese companies are exempt from the indigenization policy in Zimbabwe -- a requirement th...

  Here in Washington, I am asked a lot by people at USAID and the World Bank: why is it so hard to cooperate with China in Africa? Usua...

My program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is seeking a visiting professor of international developmen...

According to the Financial Times , the Chinese and the Africa Development Bank will soon announce a contribution of $2 bn to an Africa-w...

What is Africa exporting to China? A reader asked me: why are 26% of African exports to China reported as "unspecified"? This H...

DB in Liberia, Kpatawee Farm, 1983 The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) SAIS China Africa Research Initiat...

Kilamba, c. 2012 Anyone who has been to Luanda knows that the city lacks housing. The hotels are extremely expensive, and researchers h...

The LA Times has just published an article on Chinese land investments: “ China Looks Abroad for Greener Pastures ,” that quotes me. As in ...

Just read a great opinion piece by Patrick Dunleavy and Chris Gilson, bloggers at the London School of Economic s, on why blogging is one...