Eric Olander
Host and Managing Editor at China Africa Project
Editor in Chief of The China-Global South Project. Follow us for daily updates: @ChinaGSProject (EN), @AfrikChine (FR) & @SinSharqAwsat (AR)
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2 days ago |
chinaglobalsouth.com | Eric Olander
India publicly refuted what was purportedly a joint statement by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a China-initiated bloc that India is a founding member of, that denounced Israel’s missile attacks on Iran.
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2 days ago |
chinaglobalsouth.com | Eric Olander
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone with the foreign ministers of Israel and Iran over the weekend as both countries launched devastating missile attacks against civilian targets in each other’s countries.
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5 days ago |
chinaglobalsouth.com | Eric Olander
For years, China has been seen as the pivotal international economic partner across Africa. That was certainly true in terms of steadily rising trade volumes and a fire hose of state backed loans that built roads, railways, and ports across the continent. But when it comes to investment, China’s always been a laggard behind the United States and the former European colonial powers. Today, it’s the UAE, not China, that is the continent’s largest source of foreign direct investment.
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6 days ago |
chinaglobalsouth.com | Eric Olander
Kenya’s top diplomat, Musalia Mudavadi, hoped that his visit to China this week would prompt Beijing to speed up approval of a large financial package that his government is counting on to build new roads and extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to the Ugandan border. During bilateral talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Changsha on Tuesday, Mudavadi emphasized the importance of wrapping up the negotiations over the financial package ahead of the new fiscal year that begins in July.
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6 days ago |
chinaglobalsouth.com | Eric Olander
Last year, in January, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called on China to do more to open its vast market to African goods by removing trade tariffs for the entire continent. This week, Museveni got what he asked for when China removed all import duties for goods coming from 53 African countries (not Eswatini, which still maintains ties with Taiwan), prompting the question of what the Ugandan leader and his counterparts will do to take advantage of this new privilege.
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Maybe it's just me, but some of the language in the White House's new "Nairobi-Washington Vision" statement on debt relief sounds extremely patronizing. It sounds like "high ambition" means if 'you do what we ask you to do, then you'll get the money': https://t.co/0QNiuDuynz https://t.co/2zEXvrtg3y
RT @drelisagambino: 🎉Thank you @eric_olander and @stadenesque for a great discussion on labour relations in Sino-African construction sites…
So, the US ambassador to Singapore wears jeans, a t-shirt, and no tie to a meeting with the Prime Minister. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. What's worse is that he THINKS he looks cool. 😂 https://t.co/EezHJSFqxj
