6 d. ago Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens

Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens  Bloomberg.com

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7 d. ago South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China

South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China  Bloomberg.com

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9 d. ago Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All

Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All-Round Development_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa  驻南非使馆

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1 week ago China’s ‘health silk road’ in Africa gets a boost with insulin, pharma projects

China is advancing its “health silk road” in Africa by initiating major offshore projects to manufacture essential medicines, such as insulin and antiretrovirals. Nigeria is set to produce Chinese-made insulin, while in the Ivory Coast further west, Chinese giant Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is on track to complete the first part of its three-phase €50 million (US$58 million) facility by the end of the year. The facility near Abidjan, the country’s biggest city, will manufacture antimalarial...

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2 w. ago How a dead US trade deal is pushing Africa further into China's orbit

How a dead US trade deal is pushing Africa further into China's orbit  Yahoo

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2 w. ago Demise of US trade deal AGOA pushes Africa further into China’s orbit

The apparent collapse of a 25-year tariff-free trade pact between the United States and Africa symbolises an American retreat, according to observers, who say the shift is paving the way for China to deepen its influence across the continent. The Clinton-era African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired on September 30 after Congress failed to pass a renewal bill, leaving more than 6,000 African exports, such as apparel and textiles, subject to higher US tariffs. The resulting economic...

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2 w. ago US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins

US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins  Business Insider Africa

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2 w. ago China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report

China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report  Yahoo! Autos

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2 w. ago From Indian celebrities to China’s middle class: Asian travellers turn to Africa for the ultimate Safari experience

From Indian celebrities to China’s middle class: Asian travellers turn to Africa for the ultimate Safari experience  Business Insider Africa

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2 w. ago South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing

South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing  Reuters

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2 w. ago Trade War Latest: China Outpaces US on Rail Links to Africa Minerals

Trade War Latest: China Outpaces US on Rail Links to Africa Minerals  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago US$1.4 billion Tazara rail deal puts China on fast track to Africa’s Copperbelt

The Chinese state-owned construction giant that built the Mao Zedong-era Tanzania-Zambia railway is returning to the project with a US$1.4 billion commitment to overhaul and run the line as it increasingly becomes geoeconomically important for China. In a deal struck on Monday, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) agreed to an initial US$1.1 billion investment plus a further US$238 million to be reinvested into the severely dilapidated Tazara Railway, as the line is...

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3 w. ago Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa

Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa  Health Policy Watch

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3 w. ago How TCM is expanding China’s soft power in Africa – from Tunisia to Chad

Tunisia has unveiled a new Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Clinical Skills Training Centre, just months after the country’s health minister, Mustapha Ferjani, made a visit to China. The facility, located at Mongi Slim University Hospital, just 18km (11 miles) from the capital Tunis, was opened on Friday and is a direct result of the two nations reaching a series of agreements on health cooperation during the February visit. Chinese ambassador to Tunisia, Wan Li, said the...

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3 w. ago China in Africa: $80 Billion Mining Lawsuit Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

China in Africa: $80 Billion Mining Lawsuit Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg  China Academy

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3 w. ago Taipei backtracks on South Africa chip controls in representative office row

Taiwan has reversed its semiconductor export controls on South Africa just two days after it announced them in protest over Pretoria’s push to relocate Taipei’s representative office. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Thursday that following discussions with the foreign ministry, it had decided to suspend its first unilateral chip curbs on a foreign government. The export controls unveiled on Tuesday were set to come into effect in late November and would have required prior...

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3 w. ago Chinese solar panels rewire Africa for the future at record pace as costs fall

African solar energy use is surging, with Chinese-made panels a common sight across the continent, on rooftops and in the massive renewable energy plants being built in countries such as Algeria and South Africa by companies from China. An Oxford Economics study released on Monday showed the continent welcomed a record 9,516 megawatts worth of Chinese-made solar panels in the first seven months of this year, from just 6,625MW in the same period last year. The trend reflects how Africa is...

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4 w. ago South Africa and China to push investment after jump in US import tariffs

South Africa and China to push investment after jump in US import tariffs  Reuters

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4 w. ago China exports to Africa soar, Super Typhoon Ragasa: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Super Typhoon Ragasa: Shenzhen to evacuate 400,000, Guangdong suspends trains Cities in China’s southern provinces are bracing for Ragasa, the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, with Shenzhen warning of “disastrous calamities” ahead and preparing to relocate hundreds of thousands of people. 2. China’s exports to Africa up by 25% as Trump’s...

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last month China’s exports to Africa up by 25% as Trump’s tariffs bite hard

Beijing has diversified its export routes amid the tariff war with the US, with high-value shipments to Africa growing by 25 per cent in the first eight months of this year. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, exports to Africa totalled US$140.8 billion (1 trillion yuan) and grew between two and four times as fast as those to other major regions, such as Europe, Asia and Latin America. Meanwhile, shipments to the US fell by 15.5 per cent in the period, as Beijing moved to...

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