Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | CÔTE D'IVOIRECHINA Billions for ADO 5th August 2013 Beijing state banks to lend billions to Ouattara In July, Development and Planning Minister Albert Mabri Toikeusse revealed that negotiations are under way between the Abidjan government and China’s state-run policy banks that will provide the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | CHINA Meng Jianzhu 25th July 2013 Secretary, Central Politics and Law Commission, CPC, China With more Chinese nationals and businessmen in Africa than ever before, the Beijing government has much to do when it comes to protecting its citizens. After a wave...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINAINDIA Help for the East 2nd July 2013 With European security support to be reduced in 2015, Kinshasa is counting on China and India to help the UN mission and Congolese troops India and China are offering to help President Joseph Kabila’s government secure its eastern borders following a series of bilateral meetings in June in Kinshasa. These offers follow...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | GHANACHINA Miners out but no funds in 2nd July 2013 Accra-Beijing relations are tested by growing concerns about illegal gold mining and a slowdown in finance for the Chinese-built gas plant Ghana’s expulsion of some 200 Chinese accused of involvement in illegal gold mining and more delays in disbursements from the China Development Bank for the gas plant in...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | CHINAAFRICA Spotlight on Queensway Group 2nd July 2013 China International Fund's former parent company, Dayuan International Development, is ordered by a judge to hand over its books to a former director A high-profile Hong Kong court case could reveal more details about the business dealings of the secretive China International Fund and China Sonangol. Nicknamed the ‘88 Queensway Group’...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | GABONCHINA Tax troubles but business buoyant 2nd July 2013 Despite the legal actions and environmental problems, relations between the governments of Gabon and China are still strong Punitive action against a Chinese oil company following a tax dispute has not undercut Libreville-Beijing ties. Although the government revoked Sinopec-owned Addax Petroleum’s oil permit in Obangue in...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | TANZANIACHINA Pipeline and transparency protests 2nd July 2013 The details of contracts signed during President Xi Jinping's March visit – and their implications – are still filtering through Major Chinese investments, such as the new US$10 billion port to be built north of Dar es Salaam in Bagamoyo, are raising concerns amongst both the opposition and...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Han Fang 2nd July 2013 President, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in South Africa Chinese entrepreneur Han Fang, new President of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in South Africa, moved to the country two decades ago and has since established a business...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Too great expectations 31st May 2013 The Sicomines deposits contain smaller copper reserves than predicted and some detect deep problems in the partnership with China In early May, Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon sent shockwaves through Kinshasa when he told the United Nations-backed Radio Okapi that the partnership between Congo-Kinshasa and China...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | ZIMBABWECHINA Small beer from Beijing 31st May 2013 Vice-President Wang Yang’s visit sees scrabbling state media rerun an old warning to Chinese companies from Prime Minister Tsvangirai Zimbabwe's new constitution finally passed into law on 22 May and the way is now clear for elections. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is pushing for the...