China featured prominently in the Panama Papers, a leak of 11 million documents from a Panamanian law firm with information about more than 214,000 offshore companies owned by individuals from across the world. China was the law firm’s biggest market,… Continue Reading
The deadline to apply for our workshop focused on current Africa-China industrialisation initiatives expires in three days. The initiative aims to probe the social and environmental impact of industrialisation on the African continent. The Project will bring a group of… Continue Reading
The Wits China-Africa Reporting Project is seeking applications from journalists to participate in a collaborative investigation and workshop focused on current Africa-China industrialisation initiatives in Africa. The initiative aims to probe the social and environmental impact of industrialisation on the… Continue Reading
This weekly brief is back after taking a hiatus. During the time it was away we were attending the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held on African soil, in Johannesburg. Bob Wekesa, our senior researcher, parsed China’s second… Continue Reading
The China-Africa Reporting Project’s ‘Roundtable 2015: Reporting FOCAC6 – A Turning Point for Africa-China Engagement’ will take place on 12 November at the University of the Witwatersrand. The roundtable is happening a month to the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation… Continue Reading
More Chinese peacekeepers and money to poorest countries. Xi Jinping used his speech at the UN General Assembly to announce commitments that have been interpreted as a play for global prestige. It will commit 8000 peacekeepers to the United Nations,… Continue Reading
Zambia threatens to close mining company. CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines defended itself against allegations by the Zambian government that it had illegally sent 1,600 workers on forced leave. The miners lost their jobs after CNMC closed one of its mines… Continue Reading
The current Kenyan government’s flagship project is the Standard Gauge Railway that is being undertaken by the China Road and Bridge Corporation. Mtito Andei in Makueni County is one of the towns where the project passes through. Moses Wasamu, a… Continue Reading
China’s Black Monday and Africa. The biggest story globally was China’s Black Monday – the biggest one-day fall of Chinese stocks since 2007 – and its effects on international stock markets and economies. South Africa’s rand fell to its lowest… Continue Reading
The Wits China-Africa Reporting Project is collaborating with the African Communication Research Centre at the Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing for an African Journalist Reporting Tour to China 2015. African journalists from across the continent are invited to… Continue Reading