Vol 47 No 14 | ANGOLACHINA New Luanda's gleaming towers 7th July 2006 Angola is planning the biggest urban project ever attempted in Africa. A mega-city south of Luanda, even larger than Brazil's inland capital of Brasilia, is to house four million p...
Vol 47 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Who makes the shirts? 12th May 2006 China's booming exports cause political problems for Mbeki's ruling alliance President Hu Jintao missed out South Africa on his tour of Africa and the Gulf last month, when he visited Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. That wasn't a snub to the would...
Vol 47 No 3 | CHINAAFRICA Confucius, he say 3rd February 2006 On 12 January, China issued a paper on its African policy. This raises more questions than it answers, as it reads less like a policy paper than a public relations exercise designe...
Vol 46 No 3 | ANGOLACHINA Chinese firecrackers 4th February 2005 A row over corruption plans linked to China's US$2 billion oil-backed credit line threatens the position of Finance Minister José Pedro de Morais and major diplomatic embarr...
Vol 44 No 4 | CHINAAFRICA A long march 21st February 2003 China's decision last week to send 220 peacekeeping troops to the beleaguered Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) ...
Vol 41 No 10 | EGYPTCHINA East of Suez 12th May 2000 Cairo is allowing a shipping company reportedly owned by the Chinese military to use ports on the Suez Canal. The 7 May agreement was reached after years of negotiation, according ...
Vol 38 No 2 | SUDANCHINAMALAYSIA The oil front 17th January 1997 Sudan's National Islamic Front government (AC Vol 37 No 25) faces a military onslaught by opposition forces in Blue Nile province but Arakis is still negotiating to bring China and...