ChinaSubscribe to RSS - China

frauke.eckl's picture

Do we mean “China” when we say “Asia”?

Africa is not a country. It’s a continent. People do tend to forget that or generalize their comments. They also often talk about Africa as a homogenous continent. It’s the continent without hope, the one with Ebola too, a very current topic, or the classic image of poor people and dying children.

So, as there is an emerging interest in Asian activities in Africa, a similar yet kind of reversed effect becomes more and more visible.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

falk.hartig's picture

China Rail Group Signs $12bn Nigeria Deal in the Latest Round of China’s Railroad Diplomacy

Railways may be the oldest form of mass land transport, but currently they raise global attention once more as China is expanding its “railroad diplomacy” around the world for a variety or reasons.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

john.njenga.karugia's picture

Baohan Street: An African Community in Guangzhou (China)

Early October 2014, I participated in a panel discussion about an exhibition of documentary photographs of Baohan Street in Guangzhou, a place that I have visited on several research stints in China. It was held at the Global South Studies Center Cologne (GSSC), University of Cologne.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

falk.hartig's picture

China’s Former Basketball Star Yao Ming Works to Save Africa’s Elephants

To help its passengers shorten their time, Beijing Subway screens endless video clips. Most of them are rather boring commercials, some promote the Chinese dream (the latest catch phrase of Chinese politics). Sometimes even people, who are interested in the so-called new Asian-African interactions, can find something interesting in the videos.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

falk.hartig's picture

China’s Media Reaching Out to the World, Especially to Africa

China is dramatically increasing its media presence in the world. China Central Television (CCTV) established regional media hubs in Africa as well as in the United States and is currently planning another regional center in Europe. Xinhua News Agency is opening new offices and launched its own 24-hour television news; while the English language paper China Daily is publishing regional editions in different parts of the world as well.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

dany.jaimovich's picture

Taiwan is losing its last allies in Africa

Breaking news! On Thursday 14th of November the president of The Gambia announced the end of an almost two decade-long diplomatic relationship with Taiwan. The move came as a surprise to the international community and particularly to Taipei. Why is this relevant for African-Asian interactions?

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

falk.hartig's picture

China Central Television in Africa

The conference “Imagining Globality: China’s Global Projects in Culture," held at the China Institute of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, dealt with a number of projects which China uses globally to engage with the world through culture.

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

frauke.eckl's picture

China's Economic Cooperation with Africa – Facts and Figures

The second session of the AFRASO-Lecture Series on 21st of March 2013 focused on the economic cooperation between China and Africa. Two speakers presented facts and figures regarding this specific relationship...

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

john.njenga.karugia's picture

China’s Colonies in Africa

Some observers refer to Africa’s intensified relations with China as colonialism or neocolonialism insinuating exploitation. In an article in the newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau published in March 2013 titled “Afrikas zweite Kolonisierung” (“Africas second colonization”) the author Johannes Dieterich...

Category: 

Region: 

Keywords: 

author(s) / editor(s): 

Pages