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Monday, September 3, 2018

China's FOCAC Financial Package for Africa 2018: Four Facts

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We finally have the long-awaited 2018 Chinese financial pledges in support of FOCAC (Forum on China-Africa cooperation). Although Ch...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Beijing's FOCAC Commitments: A "Real Story" Primer

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As Beijing gets ready to welcome dozens of African leaders to the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 2018) in...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

More Bad Data on Chinese Finance in Africa

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It is hard to collect data on China's development finance in Africa. That's why we curate a carefully constructed, painstakingly re...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

China Responds to Africa's Industrialization Potential

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Ethiopia: photo by Tang Xiaoyang Xi Jinping is in Africa. An often overlooked story in the China-Africa coverage is the Chinese respons...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Lumpy "SAIS-CARI" Data on People's Daily

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This post is a joint product of the SAIS-CARI team  Source: SAIS-CARI.org On June 4, 2018,  People's Daily  published an article ...
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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Guest Post - Year of the Dogs? A new boom and bust for Chinese construction in Africa.

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This Guest Post is by SAIS PhD student Yunnan Chen. She previously worked as a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies ...
Friday, May 11, 2018

CARI is hiring!

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CARI is seeking a full-time Senior Research Assistant to start in our D.C. office in July 2018. Key qualifications include a B.A. degree...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Is China winning the (hearts and) minds of African students?

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"China is winning over the future of Africa" goes another headline. Is this the real story? According to data compiled by...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

China To Set Up a New International Development Cooperation Agency

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The National People's Congress will vote Saturday on a proposal to set up a new national International Development Cooperation Agency...
Sunday, March 4, 2018

Secretary Tillerson Heads to Africa: and China is (a?) (the?) Focus

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Secretary Tillerson is heading to Africa on March 6th, to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Chad, and Nigeria. Although this visit is being fra...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Guest Post - China in Africa: Much Ado about Investment - Part 3

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This guest post, the third of three, is by Dr. Thierry Pairault, research director at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientif...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Guest Post - China in Africa: Much Ado about Investment - Part 2

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This guest post, the second of three, is by Dr. Thierry Pairault, research director at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scient...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Guest Post - China in Africa: Much Ado about Investment - Part 1

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This guest post, the first of three, is by Dr. Thierry Pairault, research director at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientif...
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Monday, February 19, 2018

Fruit baskets, Blackface, and Racism in China

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This past weekend, China's central television station CCTV broadcast a Chinese New Year celebration that featured a Chinese actress i...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Will Trump's Comments Push African Countries Toward China?

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Source: The Economist , January 18, 2018 (hat tip to Jeff) Now the world knows what the US president allegedly thinks about African cou...
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Monday, December 4, 2017

Guest Post: Financing Wind Power Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: From One Donor to Many

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This guest post is by Yanning Chen, PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins SAIS. This article first appeared on Agenda for Int...
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