Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | ZIMBABWECHINA CIF starts work in Zimbabwe 2nd October 2012 State media proclaimed in mid-September that China International Fund was to begin building some of the infrastructure that it promised in late 2009 (AAC Vol 3 No 2). Since its arr...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | MALICHINABRIEFING Beijing backs Bamako’s army 2nd October 2012 China will continue to support the Bamako government’s position and ‘will bring our aid to the extent that it is possible, in particular to the army, where we already have cooperat...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINABRIEFING China Development Bank eyes the Grand Inga 2nd October 2012 China Development Bank has expressed its interest in backing Congo-Kinshasa’s colossal Grand Inga Dam project. The announcement was made during the visit of Zou Lixing, a CDB Vice-...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINABRIEFING Going with the flow 2nd October 2012 After months of talks, Sudan and South Sudan have signed agreements that should allow South Sudan to resume oil production. The 27 September deal came after a United Nations Secu...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIACHINA Careless communication costs lives 3rd September 2012 Confusion about the new minimum wage law and tensions between workers and management lie behind the death of a Chinese mining boss in August The killing of Wu Shenzai on 4 August and the wounding of his two compatriots by Zambian mine workers demanding the implementation of the newly revised minimum wage were widely con...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIACHINA Investment relations 3rd September 2012 Despite the travails in Zambia's relations with China and fears that changes in mining regulation and taxation would scare off Asian companies, the flow of investment continues. Of...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRECHINA ADO brings back the billions 3rd September 2012 China’s interests in Côte d’Ivoire are growing and, for now, the focus is on infrastructure in a country recovering from ten years of political crisis As soon as he touched down at Abidjan's Felix Houphouët-Boigny airport on his return from the 19-20 July fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, President Alassane Dram...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | MADAGASCARMAURITIUSCHINA Rogue rosewood exporters 3rd September 2012 A series of scandals about illegal timber exports increases pressure on the government to seek international protection for the country’s forests Proof continues to mount about the role of Chinese business interests in the illegal trade of rosewood from Madagascar. Rosewood is harvested from protected areas in Madagascar and...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | MADAGASCARCHINA Back on the Mainland 3rd September 2012 Mainland Mining, a subsidiary of China Geo Engineering Corporation, faces opposition as it tries to mend its ways and restart activities on its ilmenite (titanium-iron oxide) explo...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | CHINAEAST AFRICA Trader beware! 3rd September 2012 Chinese traders already feeling the heat from local competitors in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda now face new regulations and restrictions to their activities after protests by local bu...