18 h. ago View / To beat China in Africa, US should deploy American businesses

View / To beat China in Africa, US should deploy American businesses  Semafor

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23 h. ago Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

China and Ghana, Africa’s largest gold producer, are embroiled in a diplomatic row over the rampant problem of illegal gold mining, known as “galamsey”. As global gold prices soar, a growing number of Chinese firms are investing billions of dollars in Ghana’s lucrative gold sector. However, the alleged involvement of Chinese nationals in illicit mining operations has ignited major debate. It has prompted the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, to push back against accusations that Chinese...

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4 d. ago China and South Africa Forge Stronger Tourism Ties with Exciting New Opportunities for Travelers

China and South Africa Forge Stronger Tourism Ties with Exciting New Opportunities for Travelers  Travel And Tour World

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on China, Africa and disappearing donkeys: an unexpected crisis offers a clue to perils ahead

The Guardian view on China, Africa and disappearing donkeys: an unexpected crisis offers a clue to perils ahead  The Guardian

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5 d. ago Tributes paid to hero Chinese doctor who drowned after saving woman in Tanzania

China has paid tribute to a Chinese doctor in Tanzania who died saving a woman in distress in the sea, saying his heroism exemplified the deep China-Africa friendship and the dedication of Chinese medical teams. Zhang Junqiao, a 38-year-old anaesthesiologist working in Tanzania as part of a Chinese medical team, went to the aid of the drowning Tanzanian woman off Dar es Salaam on June 15. Images from the scene showed Zhang keeping her afloat while helping her into a life jacket moments before he...

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1 week ago China’s payment system spreads across Africa and Asia amid US trade war

China’s payment system spreads across Africa and Asia amid US trade war  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Africa looks to China as preferred and reliable development partner

Africa looks to China as preferred and reliable development partner  China Daily

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2 w. ago China to remove tariffs on nearly all goods from Africa as both criticise US

Twenty more African countries, mostly from the continent’s middle-income nations, are set to gain access to the world’s largest consumer market duty-free as Beijing plans to remove tariffs for all products from every African nation except eSwatini. The measure was announced as African ministers joined Beijing at a meeting in central China affiliated with the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Amid the tariff war, representatives from China and African nations accused the United States of...

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2 w. ago China and South Africa strengthen defense ties at 10th meeting

China and South Africa strengthen defense ties at 10th meeting  ecns.cn

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2 w. ago China, Africa push implementation of FOCAC Beijing Summit outcomes

China, Africa push implementation of FOCAC Beijing Summit outcomes  Xinhua

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2 w. ago This move by China in Africa is making US restless, top American military official claims Beijing is copying Washington's..., aim is to...

This move by China in Africa is making US restless, top American military official claims Beijing is copying Washington's..., aim is to...  DNA India

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2 w. ago China Widening Its Influence in Africa through Expanded Security Engagements

China Widening Its Influence in Africa through Expanded Security Engagements  Africa Center for Strategic Studies

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2 w. ago China backs South Africa against ‘hegemony and bullying’ amid US tensions

Beijing is ready to work with South Africa to oppose global “hegemony and bullying”, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Pretoria and Washington over South Africa’s ties to Russia and controversial US asylum policies. The remarks came during a meeting in Beijing with General Rudzani Maphwanya, chief of the South African National Defence Force, according to a statement released by China’s Ministry of National Defence. It was Dong’s first public...

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3 w. ago China's Investment Pivot and Africa’s Industrial Prospects: Any Hope for African “Flying Geese”?

China's Investment Pivot and Africa’s Industrial Prospects: Any Hope for African “Flying Geese”?  Center For Global Development

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3 w. ago China’s increased training of African military, arms sales and aid ‘concerns’ US

An increasing number of African military officers receiving training in China has concerned the Pentagon, with a top US military chief saying the PLA was replicating its training programmes for African personnel. Meanwhile, Beijing is expanding its footprint in Africa with a combination of military aid, training and arms sales in ways that experts warn could erode US influence. General Michael Langley, who leads the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned that China was replicating its training...

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3 w. ago China's BYD to nearly triple South Africa dealers' network by next year

China's BYD to nearly triple South Africa dealers' network by next year  Reuters

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3 w. ago US steps up contest with China in Africa by counting ambassadors’ business deals

The US State Department has introduced performance metrics for American ambassadors in Africa to evaluate them based on the number of business deals they make as part of the US government’s new “trade, not aid” approach. Within its first 100 days, President Donald Trump’s second administration secured 33 deals worth US$6 billion across the continent, announced Troy Fitrell, senior US official for the Bureau of African Affairs, at the launch of the bureau in mid-May. The US’ new commercial...

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