Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIACHINA Spooks, not railways 21st October 2010 Abuja wants to use Chinese export finance to build a spy network with the controversial ZTE company – instead of a railway Security experts reckon that cyber warfare and espionage will be this century’s new battlegrounds. With that in view, Beijing is now considering whether to allow the Nigerian government...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIAINDIA India follows China’s lead 21st October 2010 Wherever China goes in Nigeria, India tends not to be too far behind. Chinese contractors may have landed all of the major railway deals in Nigeria (AAC Vol...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWECHINA Blood diamonds and old soldiers 21st October 2010 The Chiadzwa/Marange alluvial diamond fields remain off limits to Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy. Amid growing reports of Chinese involvement, Mines Minister Obert Mpofu remains...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASASOUTH KOREA Cooperating with Cohydro 21st October 2010 Korea National Oil Corporation is discussing a potential strategic partnership with the parastatal Congolaise des Hydrocarbures. KNOC President Kang Young-won and Cohydro Chairman Séraphin Tshibambe Ndjibu were in...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | INDIA Ratan N. Tata 21st October 2010 Chairman, Tata Group Ratan N. Tata is the Chairman of the Tata Group, an industrial conglomerate that began life as the cotton trading company of his great-greatfather, Jamshetji Tata. The Group now has...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | JAPAN Seiji Maehara 21st October 2010 Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan Known as a ‘China hawk’, Seiji Maehara moved to the Foreign Ministry just as Japan-China relations are at a low. In September, a dispute with China over the...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | CHINA Gong Jianzhong 21st October 2010 China’s Ambassador to Ghana Ghana is among the most stable of China’s African allies but as new emissary Gong Jianzhong will be keeping an eye on recent attacks on Chinese businesses in...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | UGANDACHINAINDIAOIL AND GAS Queueing up for Lake Albert's oil 22nd September 2010 Indian and Chinese companies have joined the race for Uganda's oil assets in the Lake Albert Basin, where at least 2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered....
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Relations have never been better 22nd September 2010 If only half of the recent deals signed by China and South Africa come to fruition, they promise to revolutionise Africa's biggest economy From energy and construction to transport and agriculture, President Jacob Zuma's 23-26 August trip to China has garnered billions of dollars in potential investments across the economic spectrum....
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA In the BRIC of it 22nd September 2010 President Jacob Zuma's August trip to China completed the final stage of his tour this year of the BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - economies. The...