The Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC) is a state-of-the-art complex with fully equipped laboratories, accommodation facilities and a pristine botanical garden. By Kenyan journalist Lenah Bosibori, first published on TalkAfrica. This facility that is hosted at the Jomo Kenyatta University… Continue Reading
Malawi has called in the Chinese to ramp up cotton production and they are making a big impact but at a cost, and skills transfers are not taking place. By Malawian journalist Collins Mtika, first published at the Centre for… Continue Reading
Media houses should better equip their journalists to cover the complex relationship between China and Africa. Lintao Zhang/EPA By Research Associate, Dr Yu-Shan Wu, first published on The Conversation China’s involvement in many parts of Africa is expanding. Several milestones… Continue Reading
Dr Yu-Shan Wu (ACRP Research Associate) and Dr Cobus van Staden (The China Africa Project/ SAIIA) recently co-authored a chapter in the book: New Directions in Africa-China Studies. The edited volume took a fresh approach by reflecting deeply on how… Continue Reading
By Lesotho journalist Pascalinah Kabi, first published in The Nation on 7 December 2018. Prime Minister Dr Thomas Motsoahae Thabane has disowned controversial Chinese businessman Yan Xie as his trade advisor amid allegations that the latter has been handsomely rewarded… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Christopher Kiwawulo, first published in New Vision. Several Chinese investors have lost billions of shillings in well planned dubious moves orchestrated by well connected crafty Ugandan mafias, New Vision has established. In some of the cases, the mafias… Continue Reading
Poacher. Confessions from the Abalone Underworld by Kimon de Greef and Shuhood Abader (Kwela, September 2018) is an unprecedented inside view of South Africa’s illicit abalone trade, a lawless underwater treasure hunt for a marine snail prized as a delicacy in… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Frederic Musisi, first published in Daily Monitor on 5 September. If you had been given a decade to ponder, you would never have imagined that Kapeeka in Nakaseke District, about 63km from the capital Kampala, would emerge from shadows… Continue Reading
China House has undertaken wildlife conservation activities among Chinese communities in Africa for four years now. While our task has not been easy, we have learned some valuable lessons from our activities in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Frederic Musisi, first published in Daily Monitor on 3 September. In downtown Ouagadougou central market in Burkina Faso Chinese nationals going about their business, either retailing China-made phones or electronic appliances, are a common sight. During a… Continue Reading