By John Grobler. China’s seemingly insatiable demand for iron ore has seen its geologists venture into areas where their mining plans are not always welcome – and where those plans appear to be more driven by easy Chinese credit than… Continue Reading
Reporting Africa-China Engagements in Agriculture, Industrialisation & Sustainable Development. A joint workshop for African and Chinese journalists by the Wits Africa-China Reporting Project and the Oxfam Africa-China Dialogue Platform. Date: 23-25 August 2017 Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Africa-China relations… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project is hosting a symposium on a Common Integrated African Policy On China with the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) associated with UNISA, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) on July 20 at Wits University. As the current co-chair… Continue Reading
South African abalone is being driven to near-extinction by a clash between drugs, the environment and the fishing industry. How the fight over the most sought after delicacy in Asia embodies the developmental dilemma in post- apartheid South Africa. By Crystal Chow.… Continue Reading
By Shi Wenjing. Wenjing is a TV journalist and director at CGTN and was a participant in the Africa-China Reporting Project’s African Journalism Workshop for Chinese Journalists in October 2016. This post captures some of her reporting during the Workshop. Face #1 Charles Nkomo… Continue Reading
Initiative will open the door to international trade, and continent should make the most of its opportunities This article was originally published on China Daily on 14 April 2017. Bob Wekesa is a post-doctoral fellow at Wits Journalism. A major… Continue Reading
By Yu Meng. The launch of the biggest ever steel mill in South Africa with Chinese investment and expertise is being delayed by a sluggish local steel industry, hostile peers, and low return on investment expectations. Will the huge new… Continue Reading
By Moses Wasamu. The much-awaited Standard Gauge Railway, at a cost of US$3.1 billion (Ksh. 380 billion) the most expensive infrastructural project ever in Kenya, will be launched in June, six months ahead of schedule. The first batch of six… Continue Reading
By Emeka Umejei. Chinese media expansion into Africa has elicited widespread debate among scholars and practitioners on its impact on journalism and democracy on the African continent. These concerns are informed by the modus operandi of the domestic media in… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) is collaborating with the Hong Kong-based news organisations HK01 and Initium Media for a Cross-border Poaching & Trafficking Investigation (the Investigation) that will encompass both the supply (African) and demand (Asian) sides of currently… Continue Reading