Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CHINAAFRICA Criticism mounts but the deals keep coming 4th April 2013 New Chinese President Xi Jinping travelled to the BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, via Tanzania, one of Beijing’s closest partners on the continent. His consistent message was...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Triangular relations 4th April 2013 China may be a weapon which Khartoum and Juba use in their conflicts but oil interests lock all three parties into a triangular relationship On 15 March, President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir sent a message of congratulations to China’s new President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who officially assumed power...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | GUINEACHINAAUSTRALIA Simandou setbacks 4th April 2013 The Simandou project, which will develop Africa’s largest-ever iron-ore mine, has hit new trouble and Guinea looks for more help from Asia On 15 March, Guinean President Alpha Condé sent a message of congratulations to China’s new leader, Xi Jinping. Apparently, the President had not yet fully digested the bad news de...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | GUINEACHINA The problems with CPI’s Boffa deal 4th April 2013 Guinea’s former National Director of Large Mining Projects, Tidiane Diallo has been sidelined by President Alpha Condé and problems are now besetting the most advanced Chinese mini...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | LIBERIACHINA Missing money 4th April 2013 The political class is up in arms about the local authorities who are responsible for spending development funds from mining companies A Liberian politician has accused a presidential appointee – who secretly recorded him making comments suggestive of corruption – of misappropriating government funds. Representati...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | LIBERIACHINA Ups and downs in palm oil 4th April 2013 China Development Bank is lending a hand to the agricultural investment plans of Golden Veroleum, controlled by Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources. In March, the CDB extended a ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | NAMIBIACHINA Experts only rule for work permits 4th April 2013 The SWAPO government has turned down a request from a Chinese state-backed company for unlimited numbers of work permits. Eastern China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holding (ECE) ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CHINAAFRICA Workers of China unite – in Africa 4th April 2013 Trades unions may still have problems operating independently in China but Chinese workers and entrepreneurs are more ready to take industrial action on African projects.
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold 4th April 2013 Despite its troubles with the Congolese authorities last year, the Chinese group Fametal has now established a dominant position in Ituri’s gold belt. In March, Fametal President W...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CAMEROONCHINA Hanlong misses the Sundance deal deadline 4th April 2013 One of the longest and most problematic Chinese takeover sagas is finally drawing to a sorry end for Sichuan-based Hanlong Mining and Australia’s Sundance Resources. The main attra...