Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | GHANACHINA Call me, maybe 30th October 2012 The influence of Chinese money on Ghana’s heated politics has crossed a legal red line, say activists who accuse telecoms company Huawei of bribing officials of the ruling National...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Calls for protection against Beijing’s exports 30th October 2012 The government wants to improve trade terms with China as new studies show how cheap imports are damaging local industries and costing jobs South Africa’s Trade Minister Rob Davies gave a list of trade concerns to Beijing officials in October during his tour of East Asia. Davies’s government wants to reduce the damage ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH KOREAAFRICA More summits, more funds 30th October 2012 The South Korean government is making more commitments to back its economic expansion in Africa and to promote industrialisation and trade The third Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Forum took place in Seoul from 15-18 October, marking a stronger engagement from the South Korean government. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERCHINABRIEFING Refinery causes more government headaches 30th October 2012 Faced with difficult negotiations with its Chinese partners and the seemingly implacable demands of the population, the Nigerien government admitted in mid-October that the Chinese...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | ALGERIACHINABRIEFING Alger, la Chinoise 30th October 2012 Chinese companies are displacing European powers in African countries where ties were considered to be strongest, and China is set to become Algeria’s largest trading partner ahea...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | MADAGASCARCHINABRIEFING Rosewood scandal hits more Chinese companies 30th October 2012 In October, Chinese companies were once again the target of Madagascar’s environmental groups for their role in illegal rosewood exploitation. Environmental umbrella group Alliance...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | CHINA Yu Yong 30th October 2012 Chairman, Cathay Fortune Corporation, China Shanghai billionaire Yu Yong has directed his private equity firm, Cathay Fortune Corporation, to mount a hostile bid for Australian mining company Discovery Metals. At stake are D...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH KOREA Bahk Jae-Wan 30th October 2012 Strategy and Finance Minister, South Korea At the Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Conference (KOAFEC), held in Seoul from 15-18 October, South Korea announced US$590 million in aid and loans over the next two years. Bahk...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWECHINA The takeovers will buy votes 2nd October 2012 Ahead of national elections in March 2013, Indigenisation Minister Kasukuwere targets Chinese companies to raise funds for ZANU-PF’s campaign team In papers submitted to the High Court for yet another extension on setting by-elections in late September, President Robert Mugabe gave an effective commitment to general elections...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINA Beijing bets on Dos Santos 2nd October 2012 China’s backing of the MPLA ensured leverage and oil supplies – even if activists rail against the influx of unskilled Chinese labour China may advocate a policy of non-interference, but that did not stop it taking a pretty prominent place in Angola’s 31 August elections, from the campaign trail and the debates t...